Rejoicing

I am reading a poetic small book by Dzigar Kongtrul, called "Light Comes Through". Seemed an suitable pretension for Solstice, do not we think? we additionally thought it was seasonally suitable as he talks about a have use of of rejoicing. Rejoicing he says is a remedy to jealousy. He suggests possessiveness is a grossest of emotions, so easy to see, so it is a easiest to work with. "The sceptical mind", he says, "wants what others have, be it physical attributes, wealth, intelligence, someone else's spouse, their job, status, devout accomplishments, as good as so on. Because it focuses on what it doesn't have, it feels impoverished as good as discontented all a time."

Personally we like a idea of an antidote. Take a small poison, how about an antidote? We used to speak about this in a Zen tradition we sat with. They did not actively work with a thoughts in this way. There were a number of us who asked, good if we have unwholesome day to day of mind, do not we need to retrain a mind? Dzigar Kongtrul responds to this by saying, "jealousy is habitual, which means which even though we have investigated a harm it can do as good as a merits of overcoming it -- even if we have been utterly assured -- it will still rise up again out of habit.... Rejoicing is simply feeling happy when something advantageous or beneficial happens to someone alternative than ourselves...We can find so most ways to glory as good as so most things to glory in.... we simply share in a happiness of others' virtue... When someone becomes a vegetarian (yay) or donates income to a free classification we can rejoice... We can additionally glory in a beauty of a world... We need to ask ourselves, "Why does it always have to be my joy? Why is it so tough to delight in a happiness of others? The positivity of jubilant have use of releases within us a qualities of intelligence, selflessness, gen! erosity, patience, strength, as good as good-heartedness... We have use of this have use of to on purpose shape a thoughts to work for us."

At this time of year in most ways there is a turning toward this munificence of spirit so it seems a perfect time (but isn't anytime?) to rivet in a have use of of rejoicing. And if we spin a thoughts in this direction, it becomes apparent how most there is on a horizon or right in front of a pointy small noses (speaking to a pointy nosed small self) to glory in. we mostly notice how my mood is changed when we have a somewhat adverse criticism about someone or something. Energetically we can feel how hold up force is depleted instead of hold up enhanced. So here is an opportunity to approach things from a alternative side of a proverbial pasture as good as rejoice, to support a hold up force by rejoicing. What will we glory in today?