“You are the sky,” says the Tibetan Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön. “Everything else is just the weather.” Chödrön offers this as a guide for dealing with strong emotions—a more tangible variation on “this too shall pass.” Emotions arise and, while they feel like they may fully inhabit every pore of our body, they rarely leave any physical trace. Much like the weather, they eventually fade. We’re wise to notice them, perhaps to pack some sort of psychological umbrella if it’s raining, but we’re also wise to remember that they are temporary. Focus on the sky through the clouds as a constant.
Weather Patterns
New recordings by Clarice Jensen and Olivia De Prato
