The heart is infinite—like a bottomless well.
The heart can absorb and allow everything—including what you perceive as a grievance, as an attack, as an offense.
CAN YOU BE GENTLE IN THE MIDST OF REACTIVITY?
We are hardwired physiologically to be on alert. This is a necessary protection for the physical vehicle. When we are in a dark alley and we sense someone following us, our nervous system is highly attuned to the possibility of fighting the stalker or running away. Or when we are walking across the road and a car doesn’t slow down, we are primed to react quickly to get out of the way.
But we need to differentiate this functional alertness from psychological reactivity — which is an emotional response that has nothing to do with biological survival.
SPIRITUALITY WON’T SAVE YOU
This spiritual thing needs to be unpacked. This thing about transcending the world, being immune to the world’s suffering, turning away from the world to go inside and contemplate your navel, achieving a higher state of consciousness in which nothing touches you. All this .. it’s no longer relevant today.
