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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.

Chogyam Trungpa

We say that the sun is behind the clouds, but actually it is not the sun but the city from which we view it that is behind the clouds. If we realized that the sun is never behind the clouds we might have a different attitude toward the whole thing.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Actual Behind City Cloud Say Sun View
You do not have to force yourself to do anything at all. There is a continual exchange, a continual dance. It is similar to the sun shining and plants growing. The sun has no desire to create the vegetation; plants simply react to sunlight and the situation develops naturally.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

All Anything Continue Dance exchange Force Yourself
For the warrior, every moment is a challenge to be genuine, and each challenge is delightful. When you let go properly, you can relax and enjoy the challenge.
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Challenge Delightful Each Every Genuine Moment Warrior
Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Area Between Convention Extreme Impulse Inhibition Looseness Morality Sanity Somewhere
Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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Acquire Apply Attempt Benefit Constant Ego Own Spirituality Teaching
There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.
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Awareness Such Talent Thng
Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
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Alter Fear Hope Season
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no authentic Tantra without profound commitment, discipline, courage, and a sense of wild, foolhardy, fearless abandon.
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Against Blood Fierce Happiness Hot Joyful Path Practice Smashes Spiritual Swift Tantra Thunderbolt Unreasonable
The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.
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Air Bad Fall Hang News Parachute Through
Luxury is experiencing reality
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Experience Luxury Reality
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Almost Being First Fool Say Willing Wisdom
Although the warrior’s life is dedicated to helping others, he realizes that he will never be able to completely share his experience with others…Yet he is more and more in love with the world.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Able Although Complete Dedicate Experience Help Other Realize Share Warrior
If we open our eyes, if we open our minds, if we open our hearts, we will find that this world is a magical place. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Eye Heart Magical Mind Open Place Word
It’s easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Earth Pairs Shoes
I would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, that you shouldn’t be afraid of who you are. That’s the first key idea. You shouldn’t be afraid of who you are. You should NOT be afraid of who you are. It’s very important for you to realize that.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Afraid First Gentlemen Idea Key Ladies Say Would
Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Disappointment Ego Freedom

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