Remove a mature tree and you change the light, the soil, the habitat and the space around it. It is also true of people. We are less separate from one another than we imagine. The death of someone changes the people who remain. The loss of a tree changes a neighborhood. A neglected river changes the people who live beside it, even when they rarely think about the river at all.
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Melancholia and sadness come from our awareness of impermanence, and how attachment will ultimately lead to suffering.
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Who wants a dukkha pie? Nobody. At least not us Buddhists.
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Research on loving-kindness meditation has linked it with more positive emotion and a greater sense of connection with others. But you don’t need a study to feel what happens in your chest when you think of someone you love. That softening is the whole point.
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When I look back at my younger self, convinced that the right words could change the world, I can see how much of my own language was a performance. Articulate, passionate, and filtered.
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