being like Teflon

It's an important skill, knowing how to separate yourself from what can be intense experiences of others; to be 'the empty vessel', to let it slide off, to be 'like Teflon'...

Just be careful not to distance yourself too much, become dislocated and wind up with your head in your a*se. It is important to feel, in order to deeply understand others' sufferings and help them celebrate their joy and bliss. It's important to maintain the ability to connect deeply with others so that others may feel connected to and understood.

To understand and share the joy and pain of others keeps us cautious and maintains our drive to fight for what we deem our truth. we are reminded to search for and move towards peace in the world (where others may not be able to), being a beacon for peace in others, which is, the peace within ourselves .

The need for separation comes when we find ourselves carrying the heaviness, when we let it stick and it accumulates within us and becomes our own personal baggage. This is definitely NOT cool.

So this is the goal; to appreciate and maintain our genuine nature - our humanity and our softness, to allow ourselves to be vulnerable in the face of suffering, to allow ourselves to feel, to get uncomfortable... and then, to master the art of allowing it to pass, of giving thanks for the experience and letting it go. In this way we remain grounded, connected and full of gratitude and compassion.

... i reckon.