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83 Take Tonglen Further
IN THE PRACTICE of awakening our hearts, the circle of compassion widens at its own speed and widens spontaneously. It’s not something you can make happen. It’s definitely not something you can fake. But you can encourage yourself to at least experiment with faking it occasionally by seeing what happens when you try to do tonglen for your enemy. Try this when your enemy is standing in front of you or when you’re intentionally bringing up the memory of your enemy in order to do tonglen. Think of this simple instruction: what would it take to be able to have my enemy hear what I’m trying to say, and what would it take for me to be able to hear what he or she is trying to say to me? How to communicate from the heart is the essence of tonglen.
Doing tonglen for all sentient beings doesn’t have to be separate from doing it for yourself and your immediate situation. That’s a point we need to hear again and again. When you connect with your own suffering, reflect that countless beings at this very moment are feeling exactly what you feel. Their story lines are different but the feeling of pain is the same. When you do the practice for all sentient beings and for yourself at the same time, you begin to realize that self and other are not actually different.
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