In this final verse of the second point, we are encouraged to recite phrases in accord with the practice of taking and sending, particularly when we are alone. For example, Sechibuwa suggests the words, "May the suffering of all sentient beings be drawn to me." Keep in mind that this means "be drawn to my own self-centeredness, that it may be vanquished." Another example he offers is, "By my joy may all beings experience joy." The point of uttering such words is to saturate the mind and the heart in these thoughts for the cultivation of relative bodhicitta.

Excerpted from: A Passage from Solitude, by B. Alan Wallace. 1992 by Snow Lion Publications, Ithaca, New York 14851.