basic_goodness h|s|g we_all_mistake shades_of_gray out_of_words 111006 ... unhinged but underneath the mistakes there is something fundamentally good shambhala shamatha bodhicitta 111006 ... unhinged they are always asking us at the shambhala center what we think that is and i always have a hard time finding words that don't sound trite or cheesy its like asking someone why oxygen is good 111006 ... hsg That somethingood is us is the will to help_others When we're unafraid for our own well_being that basic goodness is natural to us. 111007 ... hsg *somethingood in us 111007 ... unhinged spread the love urban_bodhisattva 111008 ... unhinged i've been focusing so much on my own innate wonderfulness that it may be bordering on arrogance. watch yourself girlie. 150105 ... epitome of incomprehensibility I think it's good to appreciate_your_body, and mind, and whatever else, even when you need improvement too. It's a bit like marking students' writing. I find my students are better motivated to work out the problems when they also know what they've done well. 150106 ... unhinged as humans, we were born innately wonderful. it is the karma of the past and the allure of samsara that obscure that fact. all of us born innately good you are not better, more deserving because you chose money over purpose you are not better based on circumstance all of us inherently, equally good 150106 ... unhinged all of us inherently, equally good 160906 ... unhinged 'you deserve it. you deserve to have your desires met. you don't have to earn it with how long you meditate or how deeply meditate or how clean you eat. you don't have to earn it by being good. you can have what you want and still be messy and figuring it out and doubtful.' - danielle laporte 170520 what's it to you? who go blather from