Christel Henning
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Yes, the emphasis on relative compassion has been an obstacle for me because it feels like a cliché when ultimate bodhicitta is not its ground.
Thank you so much for working on posting the chant format of the root text of the 7 Points of Mind Training.
Thank you for that insightful comment Irene. You have so well expressed why I have such difficulty with the compassion practice and the overall emphasis on helping others which seem to sucker us further into the delusion of duality, not to mention the further obstacle of putting me, the helper, in the upper arrogant position. It seems to me compassion happens spontaneously from the heart beyond I and thou. I have saved the email you sent me after our morning meditation session. In sharing your own vulnerability you triggered heart opening in me.
When an obscuration occurs in my daily life, I find the application of the appropriate worldly concern to be very effective in pacifying the triggered klesha. Also, am finding considering my self to be the lowest in the hierarchy of importance to be most helpful in uplifting my state to beyond separation. Thank you very much for this course of rememberance. Sorry, that due to scheduling conflict will need to be 30 minutes late tonight.
