In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
PEMA CHODRONDeep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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It isn’t the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it’s what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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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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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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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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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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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
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