Thx Robert, i currently have an issue with the bodichita as it looks to me as if i have to formulate the wish to be 'somewhere' else than where i am now. Creating a kind of tension as it may end up trying to reject my curent experience for a better future. Any suggestion for that dilema? 🙃🙏
To cultivate Bodhicitta, we must look within, here, now. This aspiration must begin at your very own heart center. Imagine a bright light there in your heart. Think of it as just a tiny sphere of bright light at first. Don't try to change it. Just observe that clarity, that kernel of great compassion. Contemplate that brightness that is really you. Within this meditation, aspire to awaken. Aspire to increase the size of that bright sphere. You can imagine this increasing to the ends of the universe. That's you, that's your aspiration to awaken. We can never go somewhere else to awaken. It must happen where you are. Spend quite a lot of time meditating in this way. Just rest, without any tensions. Realize that your capacity can be increased to infinite dimensions just by utilizing simple exercises of mind, such as working with visualizations of light. We do the best that we can; and, as we practice, our capacity increases, we become much more comfortable with enlightenment mind that is present right now.
These Words Of Encouragement are greatly appreciated!🙏🏻
Thx Robert, i currently have an issue with the bodichita as it looks to me as if i have to formulate the wish to be 'somewhere' else than where i am now. Creating a kind of tension as it may end up trying to reject my curent experience for a better future. Any suggestion for that dilema? 🙃🙏
To cultivate Bodhicitta, we must look within, here, now. This aspiration must begin at your very own heart center. Imagine a bright light there in your heart. Think of it as just a tiny sphere of bright light at first. Don't try to change it. Just observe that clarity, that kernel of great compassion. Contemplate that brightness that is really you. Within this meditation, aspire to awaken. Aspire to increase the size of that bright sphere. You can imagine this increasing to the ends of the universe. That's you, that's your aspiration to awaken. We can never go somewhere else to awaken. It must happen where you are. Spend quite a lot of time meditating in this way. Just rest, without any tensions. Realize that your capacity can be increased to infinite dimensions just by utilizing simple exercises of mind, such as working with visualizations of light. We do the best that we can; and, as we practice, our capacity increases, we become much more comfortable with enlightenment mind that is present right now.
I like that : contemplation of my heart. I will try to follow this practice. Thx a lot 🙏