Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of R.A.I.N.

When we encounter the difficult ones like hurt or fear and acknowledge “this belongs,” there’s a natural sense of enlarging and more ease with what is moving through us.

Renunciation does not have to be regarded as negative. I was taught that it has to do with letting go of holding back.

What makes maitri such a different approach is that we are not trying to solve a problem. We are not striving to make pain go away or to become a better person. In fact, we are giving up control altogether and letting concepts and ideals fall apart.