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I couldn’t stay for the whole session but as I was listening to Alistair while thinking of the 3 objects - I had this feeling of forgiveness for myself. Is that possible? It seemed very uplifting and powerful the whole meditation. 🙏

As you know, this year is the year of Relax and Enjoy, and one of the most persistent barriers to enjoyment and relaxation is guilt.

I'm running a weekend course on this in London in November, but earlier in the year I asked you lovely folk to help round out my knowledge of relaxation and enjoyment in a 10-minute questionnaire. More than 70 people took the time, and it was profoundly useful in shaping what Mindsprings tackled in 2026.

I am interested to know what our experience of guilt is like...

If you have 10 minutes to spare, please do sit somewhere quiet and ponder the questions in this community enquiry. There are no right or wrong answers, and don't feel obliged to answer everything, but it's a wonderful thing to hear all your many and varied takes on these issues.

I hope they will help fine-tune any work to…

From "Mind Training and Slogan Practice" p. 312, in the Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion (Shambala 2013)

"Proceeding with tonglen requires courage, humour, and gallantry.

However, sending and taking is not regarded as proof of one's personal bravery or virtue, but as a natural course of exchange. It just takes place.

Bad and good are always there, neurosis and sanity are always there. The problem with most people is that they are always trying to give out the bad and take in the good. That has been the problem of society in general and the world altogether. But on the Mahayana path, the logic is reversed, which is fantastic, extraordinary. You are actually getting the inner scoop on Buddha's mind directly and at its best.

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