Rudd's statement is medicine for me. For me, softness means: allowing, being at ease, comfortable with my truth and with what is, openness, acceptance of self and other and the situation, equanimity. Softness is not weak and not indifferent; softness is strong while being at ease and caring. I'm aware of still becoming more soft in general and more soft in my releasing the natural wisdom within. I have not been good at that . I'm critical. I'm a pusher and arguer. Softness may be the last attribute I consider spiritual to be developing in me, and I think it is a fundamental one. For me to be soft it seems necessary for me to be conscious of being soft, being calm, gently unfolding instead of being in a constant battle. I remind myself to be soft, and sometimes am that way. After years of attention to emotional and spiritual growth, softness is the most difficult for me to embody and be.
On Jan 17, 2025 David Doane wrote :