So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
PEMA CHODRONThe 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.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something – usually ourselves.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
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In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
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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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