Generosity - Part 1

 

There is a practice in yoga/meditation called pratipaksha bhavana where you cultivate the opposite. 

Yoga Sutra 2.33:  vitarka-bādhane pratipakṣa-bhāvanam

When disturbed by negative thoughts, opposite [positive] ones should be thought of. This is pratipaksha bhavana (Swami Satchidananda translation). When doubt or wayward thoughts disturb the cultivation of the yamas and niyamas, generate the opposite: a counterforce of thoughts, images, or feelings that have the power to uplift, invigorate, inspire, and steady the mind. This is pratipaksha bhavana (Rev. Jaganath translation).

This is the transformation or opposite of my ANGER painting.  When I used paint and leaned into “anger” searching for the  the opposite emotion I discovered  generosity and service.

This painting of GENEROSITY  is paired with the Simone de Beauvoir quote, “That's what I consider true generosity: You give your all and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.”

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