https://cherydactyl.dreamwidth.org/ cherydactyl - Dreamwidth Studios Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:55 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios cherydactyl personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/240206/369951 https://cherydactyl.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://cherydactyl.dreamwidth.org/213804.html Fri, 22 May 2009 12:00:55 GMT https://cherydactyl.dreamwidth.org/213804.html As we strive to develop compassion for ourselves, it’s important to avoid making “letting go of desire” or “developing compassion for yourself” into new objects of compulsive desire. Becoming obsessive about quickly seeing big results from our efforts is a sign that deluded desire rather than compassion is driving our efforts. Real progress derives from honest introspection, and we cannot analyze our minds carefully when we’re hurried. Transforming our hearts is a gradual, organic process, and successfully cultivating compassion for ourselves necessitates a mature and steady approach.<br /><br />–Lorne Ladner, from The Lost Art of Compassion (HarperSanFrancisco)<br />Tricycle's Daily Dharma for May 22, 2009<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cherydactyl&ditemid=213804" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://cherydactyl.dreamwidth.org/213804.html daily dharma public 1 https://cherydactyl.dreamwidth.org/507.html Wed, 20 May 2009 11:33:10 GMT https://cherydactyl.dreamwidth.org/507.html Was offered a Dreamwidth account code (Thanks!), and am trying it out. I wonder how to transfer old posts. I wonder if comments get copied too. I guess I will find out.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=cherydactyl&ditemid=507" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://cherydactyl.dreamwidth.org/507.html lj crosspost dw admin 2009 public 2