When my heart is full of pain
and fear and righteous anger,
it can be overwhelming.
It can feel like I’m drowning.
If I am feeling wise that day,
I will remember
Atisha’s transformation meditation
When the world is full of pain
war, hunger, prejudice and sorrow,
it can be overwhelming.
It can feel like I’m drowning.
Atisha’s transformation meditation
is the key
When my heart feels all alone
full of resentment, failure and regret,
it can be overwhelming.
Instead of drowning,
I try to remember
Atisha’s transformation meditation
Build compassion:
I breathe in – and with that air,
I breathe in all the hells, the miseries,
of all the creatures of the Earth,
including my own.
I breathe in all the darkness
into my aching heart
The heart is a magical crucible
heated with the heat, the light of love.
It con-fuses all things in the Universe,
distils life to its purest essence
Build compassion:
I breathe out – and with that air
I breathe out all the love, the bliss
the joy and benedictions
I can muster
to all the creatures of the Earth,
including myself.
From my magical heart
When we lose heart, lose love, compassion
that’s when we fail. We fail each other and ourselves
When we use heart
the eyes of love reveal another world
Every face a friend, every tree a sister, every bird a sign
And the air that I breathe in, so dark,
breathe out, so light,
surrounds me like a mother’s arms.
It can be overwhelming.
It can feel like I’m drowning
in love.
If I’m wise enough that day to remember
Atisha’s transformation meditation
Wow. How very moving and true. Thank you for reminding us of the power of love to conquer all
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