WORKING FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS It doesn’t matter how imperfect we think we are, we still can begin to work [for the benefit of others]. The vulnerability and brokenness that we bring to the task can help others, can encourage them and offer them a space to enter the project. It’s kind of a mysterious thing. When we push ourselves to act, we enter this realm of service and caring, and although it may sometimes feel like hell, it is actually the realm of bodhisattvas (enlightening beings). We become more aware of our interconnectedness, and we share that with others by our actions. Through our willingness to muck around in hell, we are able to give meaning to our lives, to do what it is we can do as living beings, as part of the whole catastrophe.

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