“When you have a toothache, you are enlightened”

When you have a toothache, you are enlightened. You realize that not having a toothache is a wonderful thing. If you breathe in and breathe out and become aware of your non-toothache, you touch joy, you touch peace. This practice is to try to touch what is not wrong inside and outside us. Just touching [this], you get healed, and you will be able to bring this healing to our society.

Peace as a Path: Five Exercises by Thich Nhat Hanh

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2 Responses to “When you have a toothache, you are enlightened”

  1. beth's avatar beth says:

    wonderful perspective shift

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