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The second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.

Pema Chodron

Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
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Change Experience Grasp Meditation Ourselves Pattern Thinking
All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
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Hate Ignorance Investment Opinion Ourselves War World
When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration.
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Celebration Fall Identity Life World Yourself
The second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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Call Ego Life Noble Resistance Suffering Truth
Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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Pain Resistance Suffering
If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart.
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Attention Fact Heart Person Shout Stand Yourself
Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Compassionate Kind World Yourself
Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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Brave Courage Fear Inspirational People Thinking
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Connection Greatness Joy Obstacle Ourselves
Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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Achievement Best Moments Perfection Worry Yourself
Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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Certain Death Important Philosophy Time
Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Feeling One Liner
As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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Growth Kindness Ourselves People
Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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Choice Control Person Moments Peace Yourself
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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Future Moments Open Writing
We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
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Choice Embrace Human Life Ourselves Situation Suffering

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