You need to learn to think for yourself, which is quite important when you are in the Dharma. You learn from and listen to your teachers, but you think for yourself. Especially if it is a Dharma point, you should think, “Is this true or is this not true?” If I am... read more
Generally, we feel like solid people. There is a real me here. But if you look at it from the viewpoint of multiple lives and the mind and body having a different continuum, then we begin to see that what we are is just kind of a karmic bubble, not something real and... read more
How do we reinforce positive behaviour in others? We can either praise the action or the person, or both. I think it is good if we do both, so the other person knows what they did that you are approving of and can internalise the action as part of their identities.... read more
Everything seems so solid and real to us most of the time. We feel we are solid and real, as well as all the people we deal with and the situations and environments we find ourselves in. Yesterday probably seemed solid and real when we were living it. But if you try... read more
Try and have patience for yourself when your mind is behaving like a twoyear- old. They call it the “terrible twos” because kids around this age begin to understand the notions of “I” and “mine”. Two-year-olds are always going, “This is mine! Not yours.” And, “I like... read more
