Egocentric karmic conditioning/self-hate frequently tells me how I have to make major changes in my life to really practice awareness and to be present.

One day at work, I was having a particularly hard time and I was being told that I had to leave, go home, and practice. I was being told I needed to meditate for hours, call someone for help, record hours of time with the mentor, and listen for the rest of the day. Also, I would need to go live at the Monastery because this was not working. Of course, I couldn't continue to work because I wasn't going to make it.

I went to sit in my car to simply breathe a bit before going back to work. Life dropped in that I could record at that moment and ask the mentor for help. It was so simple. I picked up the recorder. I let the one who was feeling so upset talk with the recorder in the right hand, and then I let the Mentor talk when I placed the recorder in my left hand. 

I was transformed. I became love, peace, and compassion right in that moment. All the stress and anxiety drifted away. I was ready to face the rest of the day in presence and with the Mentor. Gassho.
 

 

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