| "At the heart of all of us is the potential for kindness, generosity, and wisdom." |
... in Toki Pona, perhaps something like:
insa pilin ale la,
ken li pona suli,
li pana wawa,
li sona sewi
| toki pona | rough translation |
|---|---|
| insa pilin ale la, ken li pona suli, li pana wawa, li sona sewi | inside all hearts, possible are great goodness, powerful giving, and supreme knowing |
... from the Introduction to Going on Being: Buddhism and the Way of Change – a Positive Psychology for the West by Mark Epstein, MD (2001). In context:
As a therapist influenced by the wisdom of the East, I am confident that there is another direction to move in such situations: away from the problems and into the unknown. Sometimes this fills us with fear. But if we stay with our anxiety, we have a special opportunity to know ourselves more authentically. Buddhism is very clear about how important it is to move in such a direction, and, as such, it is relentlessly optimistic. Rather than going more deeply into our problems, Buddhism teaches us how to disentangle our minds from them. There is more to the mind than just neurosis, the Buddha taught. At the heart of all of us is the potential for kindness, generosity, and wisdom. This is an approach that Western therapy has little experience with, but it is the foundation of Eastern wisdom. The contents of the mental stream are not as important as the consciousness that knows them. The mind softens in meditation through the assumption of a particular mental posture called "bare attention," in which impartial, nonjudgmental awareness is trained on whatever there is to observe. Problems are not distinguished from solutions in this practice; the mind learns how to be with ambiguity while learning to be fully aware.
(cf Holding with an Open Hand (2025-07-12), ...) - ^z - 2025-07-29