“We are a part of others and others are a part of ourselves. Once we understand that this is the way things are, we naturally develop the feeling of wanting to do something about the sufferings of living beings and to help them find happiness.” 

— Karmapa

His Holiness Karmapa says this so succinctly, for we realise that by sorting ourselves out (sobriety / job you love / supportive relationship etc) we are actually guiding the way for others to do the same. And once we are in a place of, and living from, love then there is so very much we can do to assist the planets birthing of a new paradigm (we are super close!).

For my part I booked the yearly Buddhist retreat I go to recently; I’ll be away for ten days in February next year. And the thing is that as soon as you make the commitment, the work begins to happen; I can feel it. I can’t wait to connect to my Buddhist roots again after NOT doing this compassion retreat this year (the first time in over ten years).

// Photo from Kagyu Monlam 2017 // © Keith Liao //

Read something that has been said by one of the Quantum Sobriety Online Programme members over on the very lively private forum:

“Off to a mind body spirit event today (I love them) it will be the first one that I’ve ever been to without a hangover 🙌🙏🏻❤️”

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