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If one’s sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.

Brenda Shoshanna

Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how fully you can accept the life that presents itself to you now.
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Else Events Somewhere Today
The sense that my world is stable and stationary, that change will never come and that all will go on continuously as it is, is the nature of all delusion.
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Change Goes Nature
The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.
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Lived More Rule Strength
Zen practice asks you not to worry about who you ‘should’ become. Find out who you are right now.
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Practice Should Worry
Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to find your true home.
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Home Practice Pride
It is a mistake to expect all of our needs to be met by one person or in one relationship. Honor and be grateful for that which you receive.
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Mistake Relationship Time
Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.
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Attachment Love Nature
Change is the very basis of our life, not to be fought, to be welcomed and tasted, to be seen for the gift it truly is.
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Bases Change Lives Our
If one’s sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.
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Eye Lost Self Sense
From the Zen view all beings are in the grip of the three poisons, greed, anger and delusion (ignorance).
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Anger Ignorance Views
Don’t become bitter and spend all your time focusing on that which the person is not able to provide.
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Focusing Person Provide Time
Be honest and simple. As you keep track all week long, you’ll be amazed at what claims your attention, what you give your precious life force to.
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Amazed Honest Precious Simple
When we are in a truly loving relationship, we receive the gift of being known and accepted. We become more, not less, of who we are.
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Love Relationship Space
What we pay attention to expands. What we pay attention to we become.
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Attention Become Expand Pay
Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.
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Different People Something Want
This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.
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Blooming Love Loving Relationship

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