Methods for Developing Equanimity
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“Common Humanity”
Just like myself, all beings wish for ____________________
Just like ourselves, all beings wish for ____________________
Just like ourselves……………….
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“Common Humanity”
One mother’s child
is every mother’s child…
One father’s child
is every father’s child …
Every being on earth is some mother’s and father’s child….
May we nurture and protect every mother’s and father’s child…
From this wider perspective of…. “common humanity”
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“Common Humanity”
“One mother’s child is every mother’s child”
“We are the world…we are the children…
We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving“
written by Lionel Ritchie and Michael Jackson
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“Common Humanity”
Looking at a personal concern or struggle…
by taking a much broader and much deeper view...
a view from a wider perspective of… “common humanity”
Viewing a particular “struggle” in much broader perspectives of…
the entire geographical expanse of beings living on earth…
over the many thousands of years of beings living on earth
Chart Page 1 : Common Humanity…every place on earth
Pdf of chart below:
Chart Page 2: Common humanity, Shifting out of the reaction
Pdf of chart below:
Reflecting upon various aspects
and potential impacts on oneself and others
of these awarenesses and ideas
Supreme Jewel Bodhichitta 