Phyllis Haig, MFT Counseling

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You Will Never Want To Do Drugs After Seeing The Faces Of Drug Addiction Drugs are terrifying.

Elephant Journal
When we bring maitri (translated here as unconditional friendliness) to the parts of us we have been trying for years to be rid of, a surprising change can often occur.

There is a key word here: unconditional.

We bring this friendliness to all aspects of ourselves, not just the parts we like. We may be surprised to find that the more we bring acceptance and this unconditional friendliness to ourselves, the less the so-called negative aspects of ourselves begin to bother us. The more they gradually begin to drift away. There is an important distinction here.

The point of developing maitri is not to be rid of these negative parts of ourselves; the point of it is the unconditional friendliness itself, not the outcome. If we are developing it in order to be rid of, we are simply transforming our aggression into a subtler and more subversive style.

The Great Bell Chant with Thich Nhat Hanh. ~ Kathryn Rutz So begins the spoken portion of a seven-minute video that features a prayer/poem written by the Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, with chant exquisitely sung by Brother Phap Niem.