In everyday life love and compassion is related to the
ability of being open to oneself and to others. If we close to ourselves we are not
relating to the world in a harmonious manner. To be open implies – on a psychological
level as well as on an energy level – making inner space for experiencing what
actually is, without projecting.
In this state of openness positive and negative aspects are not perceived as
contradictory, they naturally coexist. The attitude of openness is basically related with
love and compassion, which all human beings need to exist.
In the Tibetan tradition it is paramount to know oneself by means of re-entering
one’s deeper nature in order from here to relate with the deeper nature of the Other
and of the world at large. Thus the vision we have of the Other depends on the
relationship we establish with ourselves.
Beyond body, thoughts, language and emotions there exists a level of being which implies
the feeling of existing oneself without needing other support than itself. It is from this
basic level of being that we have to contact the Other. Thus established in our natural
state of being, without need of support from others we feel strong in ourselves and can
therefore afford to give the necessary space to the natural experience of self and others,
which in turn leads to a decrease of projections in relation with the outer world.
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