We are not alone

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We are not alone

• Loneliness is like the cancer of the modern
  world, to parse Mother Teresa. We are not alone.
  We are all interconnected, interdependent and
  interwoven inter-being, to use venerable Thich
  Nhat Hans felicitous phrase. We are all alone
  here together, with all beings, all things great
  and small, visible and invisible.

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In my latest book, Make Me One With Everything, I
share the following story which was relayed by a
Tibetan Buddhist teacher, and illustrates to me
the incredible value of inter-meditation in our
fragmented, plugged in, tuned-out cacophonous
times. I was at a retreat in Carmel, California
with Tibetan Buddhist teacher Anam Thubten
Rinpoche. During one of his talks, a woman in the
audience asked him a searing question What
should I do with the great fear I experience?
For several months, she had noticed that the
medication for her bipolar disorder was no longer
effective. Several doctors confirmed that this
was the case and that Western medicine likely had
nothing more to offer her. She had been in
therapy on and off for many years, and more
recently had tried all manner of alternative
approaches, but her mood swings were increasing
in frequency, as well as becoming more
intense. The woman spoke to Rinpoche about her
terrible uncertainty for her sanity, and after a
few words he invited her to come close and sit
facing him.
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By the time she had shared all she needed to, her
eyes were full of tears. Rinpoche remained silent
for a minute, and then quietly said, Your
suffering is mine. Your fear is mine. Many of us
gasped at the exquisite and tender beauty of his
response. And there were tears in his eyes as
well as he added, You are not alone. We
constantly face challenging situations, in our
daily lives, that often lead us to buy into the
illusion that we are alone, small, and
insignificant. This teaching tale and interchange
beautifully represents what it means to be in the
present moment, connecting to another and
allowing all-encompassing compassion and
surrender to flow back and forth with no
boundariesa mutual reciprocity and resonation,
which I have coined inter-meditation. My
Buddhist Dzogchen lineage would call this
the Natural Great Perfection in action. It is a
living example of healing and awakening together,
and shows us that love does not come from outside
of us, not really. Genuine love comes from
loving.
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Love is self-perpetuating and a gift that keeps
on giving. Love is a verb I love it! Infinite
love is both enlightenment and our birthright.
Love is who and what we are and can be. With
love and blessings,Lama Surya Das Article Source
- http//www.surya.org/we-are-not-alone/