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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAI would like to say, ladies and gentlemen, that you shouldn’t be afraid of who you are. That’s the first key idea. You shouldn’t be afraid of who you are. You should NOT be afraid of who you are. It’s very important for you to realize that.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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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.
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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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We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem.
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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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You can’t feel the earth if you can’t feel the space.
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Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
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Whatever shakes you should without delay, right away, be incorporated into the path.
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There is no such thing as talent, only awareness.
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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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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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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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Helping others is a question of being genuine and projecting that genuineness to others. This way of being doesn’t have to have a title or a name particularly. It is just being ultimately decent.
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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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The challenge of warriorship is to step out of the cocoon, to step out into space, by being brave and at the same time gentle
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Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
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