Excerpted from a draft of my next book, Chapter Six: title coming soon.
Grandmother’s heart is a quality of being that emerges within us as we cultivate a mind of awakening, known as bodhicitta.
Both the source and the result of our cultivation of bodhicitta, grandmother’s heart is fierce, with softness at its core. It’s the archetypal energy a grandmother embodies when she’s taken care of her inner life. It’s present when we earnestly try to help, trusting that even with our best efforts, what needs to happen will take care of itself.
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