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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)

24. I do Tonglen

Reply to Flaxbee (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 11:04 AM

Mar 2013

It's a Tibetan form of breath meditation where you focus on the awful and magnify it as much as you can with the In breath - and blow back pure breath into the world.

Breathing in all the awfulness you live with every day helps to deal with the pain. It's very therapeutic.

This doesn't probably help the big picture but it helps me to be able to live each day without just wanting to go jump off a bridge somewhere.

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I don't want to be depressing, here, but - how do you cope with it? [View all] Flaxbee Feb 2013 OP

First, realize you have no real control over these things Warpy Feb 2013 #1

I know. And I'm getting to a better point where I should be able to send Flaxbee Feb 2013 #6

I rarely allow myself the luxury of denial in most of life's little tragedies but, Marie Marie Feb 2013 #2

Thank you, Marie Marie Flaxbee Feb 2013 #7

By realizing that 99% of the species of plants and animals that have existed on this planet stopbush Feb 2013 #3

I know. We're all part of a grand scheme, Flaxbee Feb 2013 #8

You wrote: "We're supposed to protect, not dominate." stopbush Feb 2013 #11

I don't believe the bible Flaxbee Feb 2013 #12

There is background extinction and there is mass extinction ellenrr Mar 2013 #20

Nobody eats rhino meat. longship Feb 2013 #4

Appoint me leader of the world, and I'll save everyone and everything. Flaxbee Feb 2013 #9

Actually, they do Warpy Feb 2013 #13

I know - people are hungry, and I do understand Flaxbee Feb 2013 #15

Honestly, I don't often allow myself Control-Z Feb 2013 #5

Thanks, Control-Z Flaxbee Feb 2013 #10

I am with you also on this, Flaxbee. narnian60 Feb 2013 #14

same here. I just want to save them all, and convince people to stop being Flaxbee Feb 2013 #17

I had a bowl of chili tonight otherone Feb 2013 #16

coping... ellenrr Feb 2013 #18

I'm trying to keep laughing stuntcat Mar 2013 #19

I agree and I admire you for this ellenrr Mar 2013 #21

Just unpacked my copy of "Deep Ecology" from the current move... villager Oct 2013 #28

I'm feeling the same way.. ellenrr Oct 2013 #30

some comments about non-human animals ellenrr Mar 2013 #22

I'm the wrong person to ask. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #23

I do Tonglen leftyladyfrommo Mar 2013 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #25

Can they put them in elephant ivory, too? And bear bile ducts? Flaxbee Oct 2013 #26

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #27

I pray Prophet 451 Oct 2013 #29

I read enough about a subject Beringia Oct 2013 #31

I made a decision. flvegan Nov 2013 #32

Identify a problem that's within your reach, do something about it. LeftyMom Nov 2013 #33