[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Gentleness to Yourself

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

May 12, 2009

GENTLENESS TO YOURSELF

Confidence brings the natural dignity of gentleness. You can afford 
to be gentle. You are not pretending to be gentle in order to achieve 
something by it, but you have a general sense of gentleness, which 
means you are being kind to yourself. Sometimes when the warrior 
feels doubtful about himself, he might have a problem being gentle to 
himself. Gentleness to yourself is necessary for a warrior; otherwise 
you find yourself puffed up, with no way to expand your vision to a 
great level at all. At that point, warriorship becomes pure bluff.

 From "Outrageousness," a talk given in July 1978 to Directors of 
Shambhala Training.

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Carolyn Rose Gimian

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