Etiqueta: Mercy and Truth
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Lantern Practice: Do Not Gloat Over the Explosion
When something wrong is exposed, it is easy to gather around the explosion and mistake gloating for justice. The Lantern Practice asks us to tell the truth without delighting in shame, and to let correction make us sober, not smug.
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The Lantern Practice: The Alibi and the Confession
Sometimes the sentence we use to defend ourselves is the very place truth is waiting. The Lantern Practice helps us look gently at the confession hiding inside the alibi, so what has been covered can come into mercy and begin to heal.