Negative shame is accompanied by guilt and self-denigration, it is pointless and no help to us, in fact it will cause us harm. Positive shame is when we have harmed ourselves or anyone else, and feel sorry for having done so, this allows us to grow from our mistakes.
A mandala is used as a mindfulness tool. You begin at the outer perimeter and work your way towards the center, reaching the center helps dissolve all normal, egotistic notions and opens the mind to greater awareness. Our daily activities are all we need to create our mandala.
Living life is easy of you don’t cling to good and bad, let go of preferences and everything will become clear. We cannot remain indifferent to the suffering of the world; we all need to increase our service along with our understanding using our natural attributes of awareness and action.
To set limits on your expenditures and bounds on your moral conduct is regarded as morally correct. If you do not exercise restraint, it will create unhappiness, but restraint should not be excessive. Strike a balance between excess and insufficiency and follow the central path.
Quote: Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.