Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAWe are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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You can’t feel the earth if you can’t feel the space.
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We cannot change the way the world is, but by opening ourselves to the world as it is, we may find that gentleness, decency and bravery are available – not only to us, but to all human beings.
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Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
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Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.
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In Tibetan, authentic presence is wangthang, which literally means, ‘field of power’… The cause or the virtue that brings about authentic presence is emptying out and letting go. You have to be without clinging.
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You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that you apply when you are unhappy or depressed. Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior’s discipline
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You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.
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Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.
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Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
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Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.
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We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem.
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Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of what is happening in the living process – and then letting go.
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The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
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The basic work of health professionals in general, and of psychotherapist s in particular, is to become full human beings and to inspire full human-beingness in other people who feel starved about their lives.
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We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always a very important and powerful experience. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen properly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool.
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