{"id":112627,"date":"2023-03-30T09:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=112627"},"modified":"2023-03-30T11:50:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T16:50:56","slug":"living-with-loss","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/benefits-of-meditation\/living-with-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243; el_class=&#8221;head-post&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>BENEFITS OF MEDITATION<\/h3>\n<h1>Living with Loss<\/h1>\n<p>By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche \u2022 6 min read[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;sharepost&#8221;]<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/benefits-of-meditation\/living-with-loss\/\" id=\"post-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>SHARE:\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer?u=https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/benefits-of-meditation\/living-with-loss\/&t=Living with Loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Living with Loss&url=https:\/\/qa.tergar.org\/lms-dev\/blog\/benefits-of-meditation\/living-with-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"copy-to-clipboard\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"top\" title=\"Link copied to clipboard!\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t<\/p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;TRY FOR FREE&#8221; style=&#8221;outline&#8221; color=&#8221;peacoc&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; el_class=&#8221;btn-post&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fjoy.tergar.org%2Fjoy-of-living%2F||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]In today\u2019s turbulent world, many people are experiencing sudden loss. Many people are losing their financial stability, for example. Often we think of our jobs as a source of stability, and a place where we can engage, and it gives us some sense of warmth and protection. Life is impermanent, but because most of the events that cause us problems and suffering are unanticipated, we don\u2019t want surprises. We grasp at consistency.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;112630&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680168343506{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;112629&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680168368479{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;visible-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>Change = space<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Once we begin to connect with the transient nature of life, our minds become more open and flexible. But at the beginning, it just makes us feel insecure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImpermanence? What\u2019s the deal with that? It is so <i>depressing<\/i>.\u201d Certainly, when I began to learn about impermanence, I felt that it was very depressing. But, eventually, I began to embrace it and harness its power.<\/p>\n<p>When I faced a difficult problem, accepting impermanence became my source of support and, in a way, a safe place. And not only that. Appreciating that everything is always changing like waves in the ocean allows me to perceive all the different possibilities and options. Without this view, I would get fixated on one idea only. And then there would be no room for creativity, no way to see new opportunities.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680187633117{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>Every end is a beginning<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Of course, I have experienced many losses myself. My father was truly wonderful. He was one of the best fathers, in a way. Very kind, always providing me with guidance. I was extremely lucky, because he was not only my parent, but my teacher, too. I often say that all I had to do was be born, and there was both a teacher and a father waiting for me. Buy one, get one free!<\/p>\n<p>But of course, aging is inevitable, and the day came when he died. I was there at the moment of his death, and I stood there in deep shock, thinking, \u201cMy spiritual teacher, my father, is gone now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But at the same time, I had absorbed his teachings on how to accept impermanence. Impermanence is not only that something is gone, finished; it is also a coming. It is a happening. It is a potential. So I tried hard to work with my feelings of loss and grief. And in doing that, I felt, in a way, more alive than when I had access to my father&#8217;s physical presence. His teachings were within me, alive. In practicing them, I no longer felt separated from him.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_offset_section_classes=&#8221;bk-qoute-full&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;When you\u2019re a child, you have specific opportunities; when you grow up, you have other, different prospects and alternatives. When you\u2019re elderly, there are still more particular life experiences to take pleasure in. If you enjoy all these moments, you will feel very content.&#8221;<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;autorquotepost&#8221;]\u2013 Mingyur Rinpoche \u2013[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680187665726{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>A temple made of sand<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s thanks to the lessons I received in my childhood that I can do this kind of practice. Sometimes I got them from my grandma. For instance, when I was maybe six years old, she passed by while I was making an elaborate sandcastle.<\/p>\n<p>It was a big temple, with a fancy bridge. Suddenly it collapsed. I cried, \u201cMy temple is gone!\u201d And my grandma said, \u201cOh, that is impermanence. One day <i>you<\/i> will die, too.\u201d Also, in my childhood I had frequent panic attacks, which were very frightening and painful. They taught me how to let go of my happy, innocent, normal life.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, when I learned how to live with panic, panic became my friend and teacher. Later, as an adult, I went on a wandering retreat in the mountains. When all my money ran out, and I had to beg for sustenance on the street, I almost died of food poisoning. That was a little bit too much, but I let it go, and did not give up. Actually, I learned a lot from that too.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680187694118{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>Always more to experience<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Some of what happens to us, traditionally referred to as \u201cnatural suffering,\u201d can\u2019t really be changed. Take aging, for example. Sorry to tell you the bad news, but we\u2019re all getting older! But when we accept that, it\u2019s okay. In fact, we feel more relieved, happier.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re a child, you have specific opportunities; when you grow up, you have other, different prospects and alternatives. When you\u2019re elderly, there are still more particular life experiences to take pleasure in. If you enjoy all these moments, you will feel very content. But if you get hung up on being young, you won\u2019t see the great variations of possibility that come with the different ages. So we need to accept these natural developments.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680187709558{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>Not just moving on<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Of course, sometimes facing reality is very difficult. I\u2019m not saying that it\u2019s easy when you lose something or someone really dear to you, especially when a loved one dies. I\u2019m not saying that you just have to accept it, and then go on like nothing happened. It\u2019s not like that. It is very painful. I understand that. But at the same time, what is really important is to try to accept it, learn from it, grow from it, and use it as a catalyst for transformation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=&#8221;1&#8243; lms_row_has_bk_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; lms_row_bk_columns_offset=&#8221;0&#8243; u_row_enrollment_restriction=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/6&#8243; lms_has_clearfix=&#8221;0&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1680187740943{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;subtittle-open-post&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><b>Iron into gold<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>So, we agree that there are some things that you can\u2019t change, such as aging. 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