It Ain’t Perfect, Permanent, or Personal: Transforming reactivity through the power of patience

​By Dawn Scott, Guest Teacher

“Nothing is perfect, permanent, or personal.”—Ruth King

Ruth King’s re-framing of the three characteristics — the truth of suffering, the truth of impermanence, and the truth of not-self — as not perfect, not permanent, and not personal is pithy and powerful. With the support of Patience, one of the Ten Paramis, we’ll explore the ways that patience can guide the heart into transforming reactivity into a tender and gradual acceptance of life's imperfection, impermanence, and impersonal nature.   ​
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Dawn Scott has been practicing insight meditation since 2008, is a Diamond Heart  practitioner, and currently serves as the Family Program Coordinator at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She teaches teen retreats  Inward Bound Mindfulness Education (iBme) and is a participant in the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program.