Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
PEMA CHODRONLet difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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In the end, that’s what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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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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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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The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, ‘I wonder what’s going to happen today.’ And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.
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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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