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we must continue to be open in the face of great opposition. No one is encouraging us to be open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.

Chogyam Trungpa

When you relate to thoughts obsessively, you are actually feeding them because thoughts need your attention to survive. Once you begin to pay attention to them and categorize them, then they become very powerful.
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Actual Attention Feed Need Obsessively Relate Survive Thought
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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Area Between Convention Extreme Impulse Inhibition Looseness Morality Sanity Somewhere
Hold the sadness and pain of samsara in your heart and at the same time the power and vision of the Great Eastern Sun. Then the warrior can make a proper cup of tea.
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Eastern Great Heart Hold Pain Power Sadness Samsara Sun Vision
To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life.
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Every Genuine Life Moment Want Warrior
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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Bravery Change Defense Gemtieness Many Open Ourselves Way World
It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
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Completely Enlight Except Family Possible
When there is no desire to satisfy yourself, there is no aggression or speed… Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, you can afford to make love with yourself, to be friends with yourself.
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Desire Love Making Love
Sit and do nothing. Every once in a while a golden fish swims by and lays her golden eggs. You’ll know.
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Egg Golden Know Nothing Once Sit While
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.
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All Anything Continue Dance exchange Force Yourself
There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.
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Awareness Such Talent Thng
Artistic vision is having the clarity to fall in love with what you see.
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Artistic Clarity Fall Love See Vision
Luxury is experiencing reality
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Experience Luxury Reality
If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.
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Kindness More Work
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.
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Able Although Complete Dedicate Experience Help Other Realize Share Warrior
Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky.
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Bad Bird Emptiness Good Happy Imprint Sad Sky Thought
It’s no use trying to be different than you are.
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Different Try Use You

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