The Cycle of Emotions An Article by Jessica Fan www.jessicafan.ca When we do not cultivate our Pillars, they grow weak and our Platform of Radiance becomes unstable, causing us to fall into one of the four Pits of Suffering below. Each Pillar has a corresponding Pit of Suffering: Love > Attachment Compassion > Sentimentality Joy > Elation Equanimity > Apathy emotionlifehappiness
How things ought to be It is hard to give up preconceptions of what things “ought to be,” and recognize things as they really are. Christopher Alexander, The Timeless Way of Building The way of things wisdom