The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAMindfulness 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.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
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It’s easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.
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Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.
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Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy.
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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
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If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
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There is no need to struggle to be free; the absence of struggle is in itself freedom.
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The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.
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Too often, people think that solving the world’s problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
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Warriorship is so tender, without skin, without tissue, naked and raw. It is soft and gentle. You have renounced putting on a new suit of armor. You have renounced growing a thick, hard skin. You are willing to expose naked flesh, bone and marrow to the world.
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Look. This is your world! You can’t not look. There is no other world. This is your world; it is your feast. You inherited this; you inherited these eyeballs; you inherited this world of color. Look at the greatness of the whole thing. Look! Don’t hesitate – look! Open your eyes. Don’t blink, and look, look – look further.
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Right mindfulness does not simply mean being aware; it is like creating a work of art. You can therefore trust what you are doing; you are not threatened by anything. You have room to dance in the space, and this makes it a creative situation. The space is open to you.
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Developing confidence is like watching the sun rise. First it seems very feeble and one wonders whether it will make it. Then it shines and shines.
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Because there is something difficult and destructive involved, there must be something creative involved as well. Relating to that creative aspect is the point.
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Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!
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