Shine Your Sacred Self
heyam dukham anagatam
The suffering from
pain that has
not yet arisen
is
avoidable.
I wrote earlier about the kleshas, or five poisons for the mind that can lead us off the yogic path towards moksha, or freedom from suffering. The next klesha I’d like to discuss is Dvesha – the avoidance of suffering.
One of the gifts of this world is that every person we encounter is a reflection. We are each a mirror for all the beauty and chaos encompassed deep within our hearts. We are each shining examples of our one flawed, shared humanity. When we notice a particular attitude exhibited in the people around us and it triggers a reaction in our own hearts, that is information telling us that we are holding a similar fear or emotion within that needs our attention.
