How to transform pain into compassion - by osho

When you breathe in,  imagine that you are breathing in  all the darkness and negativity in your life.   Welcome it into your heart.  Stop trying to resist it, avoid it or destroy it.   That has been taking up all of your energy.   As you are breathing in this heaviness,  let it be absorbed into your heart before you exhale.   And then the moment you breathe out, breathe out golden light.   Breathe out your greatest lightness,  your highest joy,  love and blessing from your heart  INTO the source of the negativity.   You'll soon transform all the darkness in your life with your breath.  Breathe out all the love that you have,  all the blissfulness that you have,  all the benediction that you have.   When breathing out,  pour your love into existence.  This is the method of compassion:  drink in all the suffering  and pour out all the blessings.  And you will be surprised what happens  when you really do it.  The moment you stop resisting all the darkness and heaviness in your inner world,  they are no longer sufferings. The heart has the power to transform any energy to light.   The heart is a transforming force, the essential alchemist.  It can drink in any misery, pain or sadness  and transform it into a lightness.  Trust the power of your heart.   Once you have learned  that your heart can do this magic,  this miracle,  then keep practicing it again and again. Experiment with this exercise  and let yourself explore every dark area of your life.  If you feel overwhelmed, don't give up.   It it often the coldest and darkest just before dawn.   Just let yourself fully FEEL  that which you cannot feel,  what you've been resisting.   Only then will you have mastered yourself.   Continue doing this beautiful method  of transforming pain into compassion for 30 days.   You'll get better at it  and be able  to welcome in all the heaviness of the world  and pour out such a great love and light  that our entire planet is transformed.   You have the power within you  to do miracles, use it!   You'll see how amazingly bright brilliant and alive you will feel!