Holding Your Seat teaching

Image is of a saddle

"Living with ourselves is like riding a fickle horse" - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

But we can hold our seat.  We don't need to be thrown off the horse; the horse doesn't need to run away with us.

Staying present in present time

The message of holding your seat is "don't exaggerate".

Don't escalate.  Just stay on the dot with what's happening right now.

Synchronize body and mind.  Just keep coming back gently to the present.  Feel your heart.

- Pema Chodron
from the "Smile at Fear" audio cds