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Suffering with others
It is comforting to know that other people have wrestled with the same questions we're facing, and have left us their best wisdom.
- The Mahayana branch of Buddhism includes the idea of a bodhisattva - a person who's is willing to postpone their own ultimate well-being in order to help others along the path to their well-being. Ask yourself if you're willing to suffer a bit more.
- The Buddhist teaching of the Middle Way warns against both extremes of self-denial and self-indulgence.
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The second arrow
The second arrow can manifest as shame ("I'm such a weak person...") anger ("How dare they...!"), guilt ("I don't deserve to..."), rumination ("If only...") or catastrophizing ...
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Feeling guilty for being ok
During 2020, some have lost loved ones, some are working on the front lines, while other's don't have enough food or a safe place to live.
If you are not one of these people, you may feel gratitude, and maybe a bit of guilt. You may feel uncomfortable or even shameful to be enjoying comfor...
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Buddhist teachings for approaching bad news
When you receive bad news:
- Recognize that a first arrow has hit you. A piece of news caused you pain.
- Accept what is happening. Let yourself feel the emotions arising from it. Name them, but don't get caught up in them.
- Then...
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“The Arrow”
Guilt is often counterproductive. It makes us feel paralyzed. However, when we are in this state, we are not helping anyone.
One Buddhist teaching could be helpful as one wrestles with this problem. It's found in a discourse called the Sallatha Sutta, known as "The Arrow." When someone...
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Sigmund Freud discovered that there is a remarkable difference between what people will tell you when they are sitting up and looking at you in the eye, and what they will say to you when they lie down on their backs and focus on the ceiling.
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