When coming off a retreat we have to catch up, deal with many things, even cope with crises. Just keep coming back to the beginning, to remembering your self, your inner self. Keep watering your inner presence and inner life and accept our outer obligations and the automatism that will be present at times. Negativity directed toward oneself will put us in deep sleep and drain our energy.
Here are the Lojong slogans which can serve as a reminder:
- Be grateful to everyone
- Don’t take pleasure contemplating others weaknesses.
- Don’t malign others.
- If you can practice even when distracted, you are well trained.
- Change your attitude, but remain natural. Reduce ego clinging, but be yourself.
- Always maintain only a joyful mind.
With Blessings.