Doing tonglen for all sentient beings doesn’t have to be separate from doing it for yourself and your immediate situation. That’s a point we need to hear again and again. When you connect with your own suffering, reflect that countless beings at this very moment are feeling exactly what you feel. Their story lines are different but the feeling of pain is the same. When you do the practice for all sentient beings and for yourself at the same time, you begin to realize that self and other are not actually different.
