The Heart of Understanding.

“Right thinking,” shares brother Thich Nhat Hanh, “is the kind of thinking that is free from discrimination, anger, fear, and illusion. When you produce a thought in alignment with right thinking, that thought will begin to heal you and heal the world.”

My darlings, can you imagine a thought just like this? One that is free from the barriers of ego, and serving as a conduit to the practice of healing?

It is within the context of right thinking that we can begin to open, to breathe – to free ourselves from the conflicts of delusion.

In doing so, we can begin to pass safely into the realm of ‘just simply being.’

Without the chattering of ego, we can begin to appreciate the fullness of those who stand before us. We can share in the experience of their suffering and their pain – and recognize, that their joy is inseparable from our own.

Though, in order to develop a connection such as this ~ we must be open to the practice of looking and listening deeply.

“In order to listen like that,” shares philosopher Jacob Needleman “you have to step back from your own mind. You have to step back from your own opinions. You have to create a space in yourself, in your mind, in your heart, an opening to let the other person in.”

In this way, we can begin to share those pieces of self – those tattered, torn shards of our soul – the ones that have the capacity to heal.

In doing so, we create a space for *all* to be understood.

Much love, my dearest friends ~ and on this day, I wish you the fullness of a heart that is understood.

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About

Tara Lemieux is a mindful wanderer, and faithful stargazer. Although she often appears to be listening with great care, rest assured she is most certainly‘forever lost in thought. She is an ardent explorer and lover of finding things previously undiscovered or at the very least mostly not-uncovered.

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