' Be Gentle, Kind, and Patient '...

“It is not uncommon to have frustration and resentment come up in the wake of being very open in Love and compassion..

The frustration and resentment are simply old, and perhaps unconscious, associations that developed long ago in relation to love and/or the rejection of love.

So when it comes, you can embrace the resentment with compassion and silently notice if the old associations arise for you to see.

If and when they do arise, you can remind yourself that it has to do with something in the past and the beliefs that you formed around it.

Then you can remind yourself that the present is a completely new experience, unconnected with any experience in the past.

And see how your experience of Love and compassion arises anew in the present.

As always, be gentle, kind, and patient.”



- Adyashanti