“If compassion is so good for us, why don't we train our health care providers in compassion so that they can do what they're supposed to do, which is to transform suffering?” IfsInspirationCareMotivationSufferingCan DoCompassionHealthTrainGoodHealth CareHealthcareProviders Author:Joan Halifax
“Death can come at any moment. You could die this afternoon; you could die tomorrow morning; you could die on your way to work; you could die in your sleep. Most of us try to avoid the sense that death can come at any time, but its timing is unknown to us. Can we live each day as if it were our last? Can we relate to one another as if there were no tomorrow?” IfsWayTryingMomentsLastsDiesSleepMorningTomorrowRelateEach DayAfternoonTimingLive Each DayTomorrow Morning Book:Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death Source: Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death
“The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in the term nonduality. If we look deeply, we find that we do not have a separate self-identity, a self that does not include sun and wind, earth and water, creatures and plants, and one another.” IfsLooksDoeSelfEarthTogetherUnderstandingTermWaterSunIdentityWindCreaturesRootsEmbracePlantTiedLiving ThingsSelf Identity Author:Joan Halifax