Pema Chodron is an incredible spiritual advisor and author. Her words hit home so deeply that you find yourself pausing to really take stock of how she knows exactly what you’re feeling in the moment you’re feeling it (maybe that’s just what i do.)
I can’t think of a more useful and practical teaching than Pema’s teaching on groundlessness. It’s the ground we constantly try to capture under our feet when we know well that there’s no ground there to stand on. Knowing that there’s no ground, but wanting it anyway, we feel uncertainty and fear arise.
Groundlessness is THE key to understanding our pain and suffering, and how sometimes we cycle into it ourselves and sustain it with our need for ground.
The following books blew open my mind in dealing with fear, anxiety, and groundlessness:
http://www.amazon.com/Comfortable-Uncertainty-Teachings-Pema-Chodron/dp/1570629722
http://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Fall-Apart-Difficult/dp/1570623449
http://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Escape-Path-Loving-Kindness/dp/0877736324
Essential reading. Essential.
i am now listening to interviews with her
she is intriguing
2 + 3 = 5. one does not really think who is doing it at the moment it is being done. the process matters. someone called intelligent since she gets a desired result in so and so time. the intuitive nature of starting a problem solving – which way to go is chosen from a feeling;open to options, chooser. images come later &= search for ground. it was a relief
Pema Chodron’s has an incredibly ancient wisdom to offer the world. Her work is quite remarkable indeed and it offered me comfort at a very difficult time in my life.
Shilpa Unalkat, Lawyer & Conscious Business Consultant
Author of ‘Business Head, Spiritual Heart’ available on Amazon
http://www.shilpaunalkat.com
Hi Shilpa,
I’m glad the post helped, Pema Chodron is one of my favorite tools during difficult times.
Her words just seem to sink in a way no others do.
Warmly,
ishita
matt,
you are the best support ever. Pema’s wordsare remarkable at times.
Glad it resonated with you!
my best,
ishita