Changing Your Heart Towards Pain - Pema Chodron

With The Freedom to Love, Pema Chödrön invites you to start wherever you are-with any challenges, frustrations, or fears you may be facing-and use them as the launching pad to awaken the natural and boundless capacity of your heart.
Do you want to love and connect with others more deeply, but need a little help?
Struggling with Matters of the Heart? This Is the Place to Bring Them
Through six sessions of intensive learning and practice, this beloved and gifted teacher will guide you through traditional Buddhism’s traditional awakened heart training . . . with a difference.
Pema might have named this course “Working with the Hard Stuff”-because here she’ll be showing us how to use the principles of The Four Immeasurables in our most challenging situations, relationships, and emotional states.
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[@Candlewick14]

Pema has helped me so much through divorce and single parenthood and now through a cancer diagnosis. Sometimes I think why me...but then I realise why not? Everyone suffers. This is just my brand of suffering.

[@laurentmichel4006]

I hope you get well again ❤

[@doyleclanperth]

I like to read a lot about nutrition and have come across many foods containing nutrients that STARVE CANCER. These nutrients are specific to your personal immune systems deficiencies. To get your health turned around faster than your oncologists will ever believe possible, see a Doctor who does "Functional medicine" who will test you for things that endocrinologists, immunologists, oncologists and allergists don't know to look for. Functional Medicine are Post graduate doctors who are usually specialists in traditional medicine- and do Integrative Medicine, a combination of both. It's definitely the right move to be on the path of collecting and contemplating the Dharma until our wisdom becomes habit. Best wishes for your future successes and long life. 🙏🙂🌻

[@lizafield9002]

​@@doyleclanperthThey're the only docs who consider the likelihood of parasites, & treat for them, in the U.S. Cancer, MS, depression, chronic fatigue, anxiety, RLS, heart disease...it's all from parasites or yeast overgrowth, my doc said. Getting worms out is surreal relief, & hard. Wormwood, hyssop, cloves, ginger, albendazole, praziquantel, celery & sunshine ...just is not what a standard doc is gonna prescribe!

[@shikharagarwal-ju3rf]

you are the strongest brand of warrior too!

[@markdevenpeck3571]

Wishing you a healing on all levels. You are a brave and courageous person.

[@pjt3887]

I just wanted to share a little story about six degrees of separation. I've lived in Seattle since the early 90's. I worked for a company and had to go do to New York on a regular basis. On one of these trips there was a woman who decided that she was entitled to take my seat and thought she could get me to just push over to her seat which was the middle seat!! Because she was ten years older than me. She thought that I would just sheepishly comply. Needless to say this woman was in for a rude awakening. While her and I verbally sparred going back and forth as to why I could not give her my seat. Eventually the flight attendant got involved and asked would anyone be willing to give up their seat? This very quiet but strong voice said I will!! I turned around to see her sitting there. Pema Chödrön who I'd taken a brief course on spirituality & prayer a few years earlier. It was an interesting trip to New York she was on her way to meet with the Dalai Lama. We talked about why conflict happens. I realized that my stubbornness was actually attributed to another issue I had at the time with my mother. In our time together I learned so much from her that day. After meeting the Dalai lama her plan was to set up a monastery in Minnesota. So that my friends is how small the world is. ❤ Be kind 🙏

[@andercoyote4170]

Great story :)

[@ravenofthewild]

Love hearing the demonstration of Ani Pema choosing a basic Buddhist tenant of being of benefit. Blessings ❤

[@claudelebel49]

Can't say why but it brought tears to my eyes, a softening of the heart ❤️

[@ravenofthewild]

@@claudelebel49 because you allowed yourself to be open and vulnerable and this is the path to the heart. Endless Blessings, May you remain in your heart 🙏❤️

[@joycemansfield1108]

As tough as it can be when I'm kind to all our brothers and sisters I'm so much happier.

[@claudelebel49]

One thing that helps is to realize that I am the witness of the pain. The pain comes and goes but 'I' awareness am present through it all.

[@joshhall4342]

Thank you, Pema. I'm starting to find some hope and purpose in your words and the words of other teachers like Tich Nhat Hanh. I'm 25 and suffering from schizophrenia. My day to day life feels like constant inescapable suffering and it's quite scary sometimes. I want to study and practice mindfulness and meditation sincerely and become better at it to try and improve my quality of life. You're wonderful and I'm looking forward to finding more of your works 💜

[@prometheusrex1]

My heart goes out to you Josh & I wish you the very best as you navigate this challenge.

[@judykappeler6963]

All the best to you 💜

[@theresachung703]

Heart❤

[@JakTonge]

Much love josh you got this

[@leikkivaki7909]

Dear friend, I also suffer from schizoaffective disorder. I have a lot of fear and anxiety. Try to do meditation, plum village has a lot of short meditations and relaxation exersizes. You are Buddha deep inside. Have a nice spring and be kind to yourself 🌺🩷🪷 All the best, Satu

[@claudelebel49]

Nothing can be forced. Unconditional presence is all that is required and nothing needs to change in order to Be.

[@suekaur9215]

31.8.22 dear Pema after meeting you in Singapore 🇸🇬 😊 my life has changed. Friendly to oneself and merciful to all. Thank you for all that you do. Blessings always 🙏 ✨️ 🙏

[@joeykathlean9875]

Pema , you are amazing ❤Thank you for all of the love and light that you share with the world 🌎

[@mags-cv3vn]

Friendly to oneself & Merciful to Others . Love 💗 that

[@kentburge6701]

Namaste 🙏🏼 I have had many days I have just wanted to pick up my tsunami bag and walk to your temple. As life progresses, what you practice will be more valuable. Thank-you, we need more open and giving hearts than ever before. 🙏🏼🔥💪🏽 🌱

[@MichelleISR]

My heart is so closed out of fear, I am trying my best to open it to all the endless possibilities. Thank you Pema 🙏🏽

[@Dakini31]

I feel you, I am the same as well you are not alone. But I do want to open and not allow the fear of pain and vulnerability to shut me down. One day at a time my friend. I wish you well.

[@SomeThoughtsPodcast]

I quoted Pema in a recent podcast. She is a Gem 💎 to the world!❤

[@meditationamsterdam]

Lovely talk, it's clear and down to earth, like the Dharma should be. Thank you!

[@teslaclubeu]

suffering is resistance against soul pain, which bring us understanding

[@Gaurav.P0]

Wow. Who said that ?

[@magsterz123]

Wonderful. Thank you for this offering.

[@katnip198]

Thank you Ani Pama. You always dispense wisdom. You always speak to the heart in us.

[@behappy8012]

Pema, I just received an email from Sounds True selling your audio course, based on the teachings of the Buddha, for $400. Your words of inspiration have helped so many people. But Buddha was very clear on the subject of making money on the subject of liberation from suffering. How can there be any price for that? I feel grateful to have found the teachings of the Buddha uncontaminated by money from S.N. Goenka who teaches Vipassana. One can take a 10 day course with lodging, food and the teachings for free. There is no theory….only practice and direct experience. Pema, don’t allow corporations to exploit you or your precious gift to help so many people. Blessings to you and stay happy and free.

[@lalazeitlyn4618]

Continuous Infinite Blessings of Love for You and Your Daughters and Sons

[@MarsAttacksMemoirs108]

I love this Buddha and You 🙏

[@sagebay2803]

Thank you so much!

[@Gaurav.P0]

Beautiful video

[@georgiewood8599]

Thank you ❤️🙏

[@taylordottie5858]

Very encouraging!

[@HelderMusic107]

Radical honesty

[@doricetimko332]

Thank you very much.

[@AD-hs2bq]

Thank you.

[@teslaclubeu]

thank you

[@freddylim310]

Great teachings and sharing 🙏🙏🙏

[@juliemcc9706]

Thank you so much ❤

[@bobbiejura3219]

This is my first time hearing her I saw her name somewhere wrote it down and looked her up today

[@user-kr8th7xp4y]

EXCELLENT ❤

[@icare6076]

Ahhhh, beautiful. ❤

[@David53D]

Send love but always watch your back.

[@prometheusrex1]

😳

[@Contribute_TakeCare_Learn_Play]

What an age we live in. To have acces to stereotypical intellectuals and wise sages

[@icare6076]

Beautiful. Helpful. Kind. Thank you. ❤

[@brentonpickett2371]

Namo! Namo! Namo!⚘️🌈🙏❤️

[@dianesmith7472]

❤️🙏

[@joanjettboy]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@michellecrouch6576]

Your teachings have helped me enormously.❤ It is easy to be angry and much harder to be compassionate and coming from love 🤍

[@eternal3ntity230]

Radical acceptance

[@izaaguilo]

Tashi Delek🎉❤

[@jennifervillers7542]

When you are coming to Dallas?

[@michelengele769]

There is no sound unfortunately

[@catarinatavares6544]

Tem em português?

[@allisea7768]

Ads cut in

[@chrissieleeeaton9981]

😅 hey what's up when you me is still cause the pain 💜🦁🙏

[@tinamallin2570]

Impossible

[@patriciakoole6249]

❤🙏🏽🌱🪷💫🌹

[@KSA-wr4er]

What a misleading heading.

[@sebeckley]

Poorly labeled.

[@DeaLenihan]

Ah yes. Let’s listen to the women who left her teenage children and family to follow her dream.

[@peacefuldaizy5717]

​@@donaldjuan4934: Perfect response

[@johngarrity6687]

How many miles have you walked in her shoes, Judge? And do you know the relationship she has with her children these last decades? Perhaps you should keep listening dear one.

[@justanothermortal1373]

Yes. Let's listen to her :)

[@sogyal51]

The Buddha also left a wife a newly born child and a kingdom look at the fruit of that decision- by their fruit shall you know them! What more could be said 🙏

[@feverdream6213]

Please tell us more if you know anything more about her. People like you will always have something to say about humans like pema who have achieved so much and helped so many to recover from pain and traumatizing events. I really hope you get some help and spread positivity instead of negativity

[@marinauys3882]

This is paganism

[@johngarrity6687]

And so what are you doing here?