Monday, August 06, 2007

Daily Dharma: Natural Response of an Open Heart


Today's Daily Dharma from Tricycle:

Natural Response of an Open Heart

Wisdom replaces ignorance in our minds when we realize that happiness does not lie in the accumulation of more and more pleasant feelings, that gratifying craving does not bring us a feeling of wholeness or completeness. It simply leads to more craving and more aversion. When we realize in our own experience that happiness comes not from reaching out but from letting go, not from seeking pleasurable experience, but from opening in the moment to what is true, this transformation of understanding then frees the energy of compassion within us. Our minds are no longer bound up in pushing away pain or holding on to pleasure. Compassion becomes the natural response of an open heart.

~ Joseph Goldstein, Seeking the Heart of Wisdom


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This was a great post, and the picture is beautiful. I read in a paper in Stockholm about chest pain becoming more prevalent, with no organic damage. So I was thinking about the opening of the heart and stuff like that, and so I found your blog. It's truly great! Lots of love!