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Summerland, B.C. resident Sheila White, 97, offers 5 tips for mental resilience. Read more: http://cbc.ca/1.5902187

Growing up, I witnessed and experienced a lot of terrible things said about African Americans and the LGBT community. But I didn't have the words or strength to speak up then. I will be silent no more.

Dan Levy’s mother’s tweet...

May there be timely rains And bountiful harvests. May all medicines be effective And wholesome prayers bear fruit.... May all who are sick and ill Quickly be freed from their ailments. Whatever diseases there are in the world, May they never occur again. May the frightened cease to be afraid And those bound be freed. May the powerless find power And may people think of benefiting each other. For as long as space remains, For as long as sentient beings remain, Until then, may I too remain, To dispel the misery of the world.

How do you open your heart? Well, the first thing you do is to acknowledge that it feels closed. You don’t make believe you’re open-hearted, which most peo...ple do much of the time. They’re making believe they are open-hearted, meanwhile, they’re aloof. They always end up feeling a little hypocritical. The first thing is to acknowledge what you’re feeling: My heart is closed. I’ll tell you, there are numerous practices for this, and you have to find one that’s comfortable for you. For example, I work a lot with my breath I breathe in and out of my heart, and when I’m breathing out of my heart, I allowed whatever love I can muster to be offered to people, to beings around me. When I breathe in, I take the existence of the universe into myself, and I keep feeling this breath going back and forth, and the breathing out is, May all beings be free of suffering, may all beings be peaceful, may all beings be happy, and I say: Hard-hearted though I am, and closed hearted though I am, I am going to use my mind and heart for the benefit of others. I’m going to wish them well. [Continued in bio & story] - Ram Dass See more