Sounds True: Insights at the Edge Podcast
Picture a circle on a large piece of paper.
Inside the circle, imagine all the contents of experience—thoughts, perceptions; all the activity of the conditioned mind.
The illusion of a self that is separate from life lives inside the circle,
as does the perception of scarcity and lack.
Outside the circle is not simply the opposite of what’s in the circle.
It’s the whole page. This magical page, however, has no edges. It is infinite. This represents your aware being—our shared being. Loving presence.
When we get identified with the conditioned mind,
we feel cut off from loving presence (though in truth we are not.)
Everything in the circle is arising in presence.
Self-compassion is a lifeboat to what’s beyond the circle
—our true nature—
though not separate from it.
When we are identified with a sense of a limited self, practicing unconditionally loving reassurances can return us to the direct experience of aware being. We’re starting with the self we thought we were.
Self-compassion is a lifeboat home.
