Digging Deeper: Value 11

In the midst of sadness, can the experience of value 11 still show itself? I used to recognize value 11 only in times when I felt most whole and content. But then I experienced it while grieving the loss of my dad.

I had been dragging my feet about what to share about him at the memorial service. The act of remembering seemed overwhelming. I wasn’t ready to encapsulate highlights from a lifetime with the peculiar, funny, interesting person I knew him to be.

Myself, my siblings, nephews and nieces busied ourselves with cleaning my parents’ house. While we did, I had this value-11 moment when I tuned into the people around me. They were laughing, telling stories, doing impressions, hugging each other. All of sudden, it seemed like my dad was everywhere, absorbed into each of these human beings I loved so much. This observation is what I ended up sharing at the service.

Love doesn’t have edges, value 11 doesn’t have edges, there are no words, just feelings we feel when we can be present for the human experience.

To the boundless experience of being,
Lisa

P.S. Enjoy this 4-minute direct pointing teaching from Lama Tsultrim Allione