How can our practice inform encounters with dark times, when we feel loss or face a turning point with trepidation?
Laura
Burges shares that we can find "fountains of joy" even in going to the
places that scare us. Our practice is not separate from the dark places -
we can turn towards the darkness and examine it clearly and experience
the "soft heart of sadness" in being alive.
She draws
a parallel with the Greek myth of Persephone whose time spent annually
in Hades results in the joy reflected in the return of Spring each year.
In fact, those times that challenge us most can be a garden for
developing empathy and compassion for others in the world when they
suffer.
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