By James Olson — 2017
The world’s teachers have long taught that the most important thing we can discover is knowledge of self. Helpful to an understanding of who we are is an understanding of sacred geometry.
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A calm mind and even temper can help make peace with life’s difficulties.
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Conflict wreaks havoc on our brains. We are groomed by evolution to protect ourselves whenever we sense a threat. In our modern context, we don’t fight like a badger with a coyote, or run away like a rabbit from a fox. But our basic impulse to protect ourselves is automatic and unconscious.
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” ~Nelson Mandela
There is a key moment, says Pema Chödrön, when we make the choice between peace and conflict. In this teaching from her program Practicing Peace, she describes the practice we can do at that very moment to bring peace for ourselves, for others, and for the world.