Simple Tibetan Spiritual Exercise to Get Rid of 'Grudgements'

 BREAK FROM SCHEDULED PROGRAMING:  

This is a mantra/prayer device -- spiritual exercise might be most adequate term -- for opening, and keeping open, heart chakra...which only truly begins to happen when anger has been scoured away...when the heart is pure, and free of the weight of its own judgments -- ve-ry (ber-ry) hea-vy (he-bee), our Lama used to say w/ his irrepressible giggle -- and 'grudgements,' he used to say that too, 'we say, in Tibetan it is this way also, that we carry our grudgements, do we not, and this also is very truthful in referring to the weight such negatives have upon the heart -- so, you see now why heart is such a strong muscle in the body?  Must work very hard!'  (More peals of laughter...impossible not to be attracted to such an inarguably simple 'religious' view -- theory of mind, Lama Gyutso says ('tee-o-ry,' is how he says it, though) –

Okay, Mistress of Digression here!! – the (long)-above exercise referred to consists of putting palms together in prayer position in front of the heart and saying namaste in its English translation:  I bow to the god within you-- substituting name of person you're having problems w/, hold a grudgement against, have spite or malice for...ie, I bow to the god within – (then list names, but probably best to concentrate on one at a time).

Well, I have my own list, but publishing it would be the exact opposite of this exercise.

Though I will say that while thinking of my list, and of my own flaws, this quote came up for me:

"What kills love?  Only this:  neglect."

Can't remember the author – Vonnegut, maybe?  Carver?

Thought I'd take time off literature (yes, please!!) and put in something somebody who might read this may find useful.

Howzzat for self-confidence??