We say that the sun is behind the clouds, but actually it is not the sun but the city from which we view it that is behind the clouds. If we realized that the sun is never behind the clouds we might have a different attitude toward the whole thing.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPABecoming “awake” involves seeing our confusion more clearly.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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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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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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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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The 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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Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world. You are willing to share your heart with others.
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Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
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The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
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If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.
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Gentle day’s flower – The hummingbird competes With the stillness of the air.
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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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To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy.
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Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!
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Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky.
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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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Hope and fear cannot alter the seasons
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