Let Impermanence Nurture Love

We are often sad and suffer a lot when things change, but change and impermanence have a positive side. Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible. Life itself is possible. Loving kindness and compassion can deepen when we deeply understand that everything we hold dear is subject to change.

"Impermanence should also be understood in the light of inter-being. Because all things inter-are, they are constantly influencing each other. It is said a butterfly's wings flapping on one side of the planet can affect the weather on the other side. Things cannot stay the same because they are influenced by everything else, everything that is not itself". Thich Nhat Hanh

All of us can understand impermanence with our intellect, but this is not yet true understanding. Our intellect alone will not lead us to freedom. According to the Buddha's teaching It is only through direct mindful experience that we can see the nature of impermanence that leads to freedom. This is how the insight of impermanence becomes part of our being. It becomes our daily experience. If we can use impermanence as an object of our meditation, we will nourish the understanding of impermanence in such a way that it will live in us every day. With this practice impermanence becomes a key that opens the door to wholeness of heart where there is room for everything.

"Nirvana is where you are, provided you don't object to it. In other words, change--and everything is change; nothing can be held on to--to the degree that you go with a stream, you see, you are still, you are flowing with it. But to the degree you resist the stream, then you notice that the current is rushing past you and fighting you. So swim with it, go with it, and you're there. You're at rest. You are free"  Alan Watts  

 Yare invited to listen in as we explore the practice of awakening to impermanence and finding wholeness of heart in change.  

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