Patience

THE PERFECTION OF PATIENCE

"Patience is not learned in safety. It is not learned when everything is harmonious and going well. When everything is smooth sailing, who needs patience? If you stay in your room with the door locked and the curtains drawn, everything may seem harmonious, but the minute anything doesn’t go your way, you blow up. There is no cultivation of patience when your pattern is to just try to seek harmony and smooth everything out. Patience implies willingness to be alive rather than trying to seek harmony."  ~ Pema Chodrun

Breath

Study the areas of the brain.

Read ISOM re influences - all parts

Continue relaxation of muscles around any pain experienced

Continue listening and modulating vocal tones -

Observe when there is real empathy or compassion when interacting with others and when there is not. When there is not, what is there? (Note observations in journal without analysis or speculation, bring to next session.)

Observe how you breathe, changing nothing

LISTEN, sensing your body at the same time, and as you:

BREATHE IN, Check for locations of tensions  

note the stop
BREATHE OUT, RELAXING TENSIONS

note the stop

all the while listening,

moving, walking, talking, living

LISTENING

Listen

"If you could really hear yourself and knew what you were saying you would be very surprised at how the truth comes out despite yourself. You must wake up and learn how to listen - to yourself as well as to others."