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We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.

Chogyam Trungpa

There is very little distance between being a fool and being wise; they are extremely close. When we are really, truly fools, when we actually acknowledge our foolishness, then we are way ahead. We are not even in the process of becoming wise – we are already wise.
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Acknowledge Become Close Distance Extremely Foolishness Little Process Wise
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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Basic Become Full General Health Human Being Inspire Practical Profession Psychotherapist World
If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.
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Kindness More Work
It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
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Completely Enlight Except Family Possible
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
My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask for your money back, and go home. This is not a picnic. It is really going to ask everything of you. So, it is best not to begin. However, if you do begin, it is best to finish.
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Advice Demanding Difficult Long Path Spiritual Too Undertake
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
Becoming “awake” involves seeing our confusion more clearly.
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Awake Become Clear Confuisin Involve See
Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.
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Away Delay Incorporated Path Right Shake
You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.
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Accept Improve Life Must Own Personally Responsibility
It’s no use trying to be different than you are.
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Different Try Use You
Anything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.
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Buddhist Enlightenment Later Sooner
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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Began Enter Life Path Run Thread Understand
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
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
The trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
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Enlightenment Own Trouble Want Westerner Witness

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