Don’t become bitter and spend all your time focusing on that which the person is not able to provide.
BRENDA SHOSHANNAFear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.
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From the Zen view all beings are in the grip of the three poisons, greed, anger and delusion (ignorance).
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When we are in a truly loving relationship, we receive the gift of being known and accepted. We become more, not less, of who we are.
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Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.
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Zen practice asks you not to worry about who you ‘should’ become. Find out who you are right now.
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In a relationship if you are giving and getting nothing back in return, stop giving so much, and spend time being. Give to yourself, be who you are.
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Consider for a moment what you pay attention to all day long. What seems important to you, what do you take for granted and hardly attend to at all? Write it down. Do not judge your answers.
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What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become.
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A time of uncertainty, of not knowing exactly where we’re headed, or what kind of choice to make is a Zen moment.
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The sense that my world is stable and stationary, that change will never come and that all will go on continuously as it is, is the nature of all delusion.
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We calculate their value to us. When we approach relationships in this manner, we are coming as beggars, seeing the other as a source of supply.
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The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.
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Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.
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If one’s sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.
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Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.
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It is a mistake to expect all of our needs to be met by one person or in one relationship. Honor and be grateful for that which you receive.
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