When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment.
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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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When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment.
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Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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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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It isn’t what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it’s what we say to ourselves about what happens.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
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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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Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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