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In living medicine, we are constantly working to give and receive love. We find a way to let this pursuit give us juice. When we make loving a part of our everyday existence, we perpetuate life. This happens on a large scale as we accept more and more love from the world, allow it to land in our hearts, and begin radiating it outward to the people around us. It also happens on a small scale, as we learn to love every part of our being. The nourishment we give ourselves matters, right down to our cells—and we don’t need to wait until we’re suffering to start offering ourselves love as medicine.
The Well-Lived Life
Gladys McGarey and Mark Hyman
To many people, and often even to meditators, the very word ‘emptiness’ can evoke emotional associations with a sense of barrenness, bleakness, meaninglessness, or even depression. But that is definitely not what Buddhist teachings mean by the word emptiness. On the contrary, they point to this realization as something wonderful, supremely joyful, and profoundly liberating. It might also be imagined that voidness is some kind of thing that can be obtained; but it is not a thing. Nor is it a state of mind or a state of consciousness.
Seeing That Frees
Rob Burbea
Listen to this pathetic story—your story, my story, everybody’s story: “Until I get this object (money, friendship, anything) I’m not going to be happy; I’ve got to strive to get it and then when I’ve got it, I’ve got to strive to keep it. I get a temporary thrill. Oh, I’m so thrilled, I’ve got it!” But how long does that last? A few minutes, a few days at the most. When you get your brand-new car, how long does the thrill last? Until your next attachment is threatened! The truth about a thrill is that I get tired of it after a while.
Awareness
Anthony De Mello and J. Francis Stroud
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