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Coming Home To Ourselves. More and more people are feeling lonely, worried, and desperately looking to connect, to reach out, to hear a comforting voice, to feel closer to something or someone outside of themselves. We grasp for messages, conversations, distractions, anything to bridge the loneliness gap we feel inside. This is the illusion of connection. The Buddha reminds us to go home to oneself and cultivate the seeds of love and understanding. We are going to try out, live what we experience, differently, gently, without resistance. We are going to learn get closer and touch - trust - this liberating feeling, because each breath brings us back to our center. We are going to feel more and more present, rooted, stable, as the heart opens, calm and at ease will then appear. There is no hurry. No performance. Just a natural homecoming. A quiet recognition: Yes, this is “me". I am here, whole. From this state of presence, we begin to experience the world in a complete different kind of receptivity- through understanding, joy, that naturally whispers compassion and authenticity. Your partner will feel the shift. Your family, your children, your friends. Your community will benefit from the seeds sprouting within your heart. The world receives and mirrors what we embody. When we cultivate inner-peace, compassion, acceptance and understanding grow stronger. This is the real connection - a beautiful gift one can offer. Not the frantic reaching outward but a connection grounded on self-love, inner-peace and truth. A connection that yields. A connection that heals. So you are invited to: Turn off the noise for a moment. Gently close the doors that pull your attention away, and sit in silence. Let the breath guide you back. Come home. Because once at home to yourself, wherever life takes you, you can meet the world with openness and joy. And the gift you offer is simply the radiance of your own presence. Thank you for walking the path together and may all sentient beings benefit! ~Ven. Bao Co
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