http://www.persephonearbour.com/meeting-relating-by-persephone/ Conscious Ageing – the grand adventure? Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.persephonearbour.com/meeting-relating-by-persephone/comment-page-1/#comment-2105 Devam Hendry Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:47:44 +0000 http://www.persephonearbour.com/?p=921#comment-2105 What a thoughtful article. Thank you. I am reminded of what is taught in Tibetan Buddhism (the spiritual path that I follow), that we automatically classify everyone we encounter as friend, enemy, or stranger. We do this without thinking. And if we reflect all our friends have at one time been strangers, and those who are our enemies were not always so and indeed may at some future time be very beneficial to us. Those we simply disregard or ignore can become central to our lives, so therefore the teachings are to regard everyone as a friend and to constantly check ones own mind. I have found that just doing this helps as a very simple everyday practice. What a thoughtful article. Thank you. I am reminded of what is taught in Tibetan Buddhism (the spiritual path that I follow), that we automatically classify everyone we encounter as friend, enemy, or stranger. We do this without thinking. And if we reflect all our friends have at one time been strangers, and those who are our enemies were not always so and indeed may at some future time be very beneficial to us. Those we simply disregard or ignore can become central to our lives, so therefore the teachings are to regard everyone as a friend and to constantly check ones own mind. I have found that just doing this helps as a very simple everyday practice.

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