Dalai lama and a day of joy!

Buenos tardes!

So today I went and saw the Dalai Lama during his training on the 7 points of the mind. He spoke in English and tibetan (?) and had a translator who spoke both of those, plus spanish (he was definitely a Porteño, too, I would say that is very impressive knowing those 3 languages fluently!). They gave everyone an outline that was in spanish, but apparently it was out of order! The D.L. was so cute, he said "Apparently, I didn't do my homework and I am very lazy! My apologies to you all!" hahah so funny. It didn't matter that the notes were out of order, though, they're in spanish and very abstract so I had a difficult time interpreting what they meant. He also ran out of time and had to squeeze in the 7 points because he spent about an hour and 15 mins talking about happiness and how to overcome negativity. That was truly awesome to hear that because that is the essence of Buddhism, is conquering negativity and reaching enlightenment/nirvana. It is funny, because I had been talking to my mom on the phone the night before and she said "remember, just do not take on the negativity that they are throwing out there. If you let it pass over you, it remains their problem, not yours." Wise words, mother. So wise that the Dalai Lama said almost the same thing. He quoted an american scientist: 90% of negativity is in part our own projections. Negativity and "hate" do not happen by themselves, it is dependent on us to drive it along with our own "self". The last part was my twist on what he said, but how incredibly true is that? There is only a very small fraction of true negativity that is unavoidable, but even then, they can be overcome. It is a matter of us just not accepting the negativity.
He said many incredible things today, but that one factor is what stuck with me the most. It is something that EVERYONE struggles with, I know I do. It is the struggle to not let people project their negativity on to you, it is the struggle to not soak up that negativity and to embody it yourself, and then project it on to some other poor innocent victim. I don't know. Happiness is such a wonderful challenge.

haha particularly coming from me right now, who has used this silly blog as a rant session. Sorry to all of you!
Anyways, I am going to eat a chocolate pudding that is supposedly made out of some tree bark (i have absolutely no idea what that means. I tried a brownie at this health food restaurant made of the same thing and I wasn't that impressed...I mean, if you're going to go for the chocolate, GO FOR THE CHOCOLATE!) haha but I need to at least try the pudding, maybe I will love it!
tah-tah for now!
<3
Annette