Tonglen Meditation

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a method to overcome the fear of suffering and to dissolve the hardness of our hearts. Primarily it is a method of awakening the compassion that is inherent in all of us, no matter how cruel or cold we may appear.

Tonglen reverses the usual logic of avoiding suffering  and seeking pleasure and in the process, we free ourselves from a very old prison of selfishness. We begin to feel love for ourselves and others and we also begin to care for ourselves and others. It awakens our compassion and also introduces us to a broader vision of reality._cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_By doing the practice we begin to connect with the open dimension of our being. At first we experience this as things not being as important or as solid as they once seemed to be.
 
 Pema Chödron