“I could hear my heart beating.
I could hear everyone’s heart.
I could hear the human noise we sat there making,
not one of us moving,
not even when the room went dark.”
~Raymond Carver
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
This gem was quoted in the film Stuck In Love (so-so) and instantly evoked for me the image + energy of mindfulness + compassion that we cultivate in what I call the full embrace of sangha. It is the suchness generated within a community of spiritual practitioners + friends.
Explore:
Suchness, Tathata, Mahayana Buddhism ~ India Netzone
The Contemplation of Suchness (.pdf) ~ Jacqueline I. Stone
Tathata: The The ~ Richard Collins
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