"You may have read or heard about the so-called positive thinkers of the West. They say just the opposite — they don't know what they are saying. They say, "When you breathe out, throw out all your misery and negativity; and when you breathe in, breathe in joy, positivity, happiness, cheerfulness."

Atisha's method is just the opposite: when you breathe in, breathe in all the misery and suffering of all the beings of the world — past, present and future. And when you breathe out, breathe out all the joy that you have, all the blissfulness that you have, all the benediction that you have. Breathe out, pour yourself into existence. This is the method of compassion: drink in all the suffering and pour out all the blessings. And you will be surprised if you do it. The moment you take all the sufferings of the world inside you, they are no longer sufferings. The heart immediately transforms the energy. The heart is a transforming force: drink in misery, and it is transformed into blissfulness... then pour it out.

Once you have learned that your heart can do this magic, this miracle, you would like to do it again and again. Try it. It is one of the most practical methods — simple, and it brings immediate results. Do it today, and see. That is one of the approaches of Buddha and all his disciples. Atisha is one of his disciples, in the same tradition, in the same line. Buddha says again and again to his disciples, "IHI PASSIKO: come and see!" They are very scientific people. Buddhism is the most scientific religion on the earth; hence, Buddhism is gaining more and more ground in the world every day. As the world becomes more intelligent, Buddha will become more and more important. It is bound to be so. As more and more people come to know about science, Buddha will have great appeal, because he will convince the scientific mind — because he says, "Whatsoever I am saying can be practiced." And I don't say to you, "Believe it," I say, "Experiment with it, experience it, and

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If you love a person,
you accept the total person.
With all the defects.
Because those defects are a part of the person.

Never try to change a person you love,
because the very effort to change says that you love half,
and the other half of the person is not accepted .

When you love,
you simply love.

جلبوا الفتاة إلي,. حاولت أن أفهم مشكلتها , لقد منعتها عائلتها من رؤية الشاب الذي تحبه ,كما حادثتها في الأمر كررت على مسامعي قولها بأنها لم تعد راغبة برؤية أي شخص آخر سوى حبيبها .قرارها هذا ,خصوصاً إن كان تصميمها على هذه الدرجة من القوة , يدخل المرء حالة من العماء السيكولوجي . تفقد العينان القدرة على روية أي شيء . هذه الحالة لا يمكن فهمها عبر السبر التشريحي للعين لأنها ستبدو طبيعية لا تعاني من أي خلل وظيفي . والقضية هي أن الرائي , المفترض الحالة يومياً في حياتنا ,لكنهنا لا ندركها .فوظائفنا الجسدية لا تعمل إلا عندما نكون موجودين مادياً وراءها .
قلت لأسرة الفتاة أنها قامت بانتحار جزئي عندما منعوها من رؤية من تحب مشكلتها الأساسية هي أنها دخلت طور انتحار جزئي انصب على عينها وطلبت منهم أن يسمحوا لها مقابلة من تحب تساءلوا ما علاقة ذلك بالعمى أكدت لهم ضرورة هذه المحاولة وعندما ابلغوها أنها ستقابل حبيبها ثانية انه في الساعة الخامسة هرعت تنتظره أمام الباب عاد إليها بصرها

It is really a miracle how you have managed to be so miserable, so thirsty, when it is raining all over. You have really done the impossible! Everywhere it is light and you live in darkness. Death is nowhere and you are constantly dying; life is a benediction and you are in hell.

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My whole teaching consists of two words, meditation and love. Meditate so that you can feel immense silence, and love so that your life can become a song, a dance, a celebration. You will have to move between the two, and if you can move easily, if you can move without any effort, you have learned the greatest thing in life.