A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don’t appreciate themselves.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThe ideal of helping is to make others independent of you. You help them to become more independent rather than making them addicted to you.
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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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The discovery of magic can happen only when we transcend our embarrassment about being alive, when we have the bravery to proclaim the goodness and dignity of human life, without either hesitation or arrogance. Then magic can descend onto our existence.
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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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Things get very clear when you’re cornered.
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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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If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
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We are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought.
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When one is able to overcome the romantic and emotional attitude, one discovers truth even in the kitchen sink.
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Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!
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You can’t feel the earth if you can’t feel the space.
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There is more to fearlessness than merely having overcome fear… This state of being is not dependent on any external circumstances. It is individual dignity… that comes from being what we are, right now.
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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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The challenge of warriorship is to live fully in the world as it is and to find within this world, with all its paradoxes, the essence of nowness. 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.
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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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The essence of warriorship, or the essence of human bravery, is refusing to give up on anyone or anything.
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