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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAAnything that is created must sooner or later die. Enlightenment is permanent because we have not produced it; we have merely discovered it.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.
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Just fully being skillful involves total lack of inhibition. We are not afraid to be. We are not afraid to live. We must accept ourselves as being warriors. If we acknowledge ourselves as warriors, then there is a way in, because a warrior dares to be, like a tiger in the jungle.
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Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news!
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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.
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We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.
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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. It is magical not because it tricks us or changes unexpectedly into something else, but because it can be so vividly and brilliantly.
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Artistic vision comes from a mind clear enough to fall in love with what we see.
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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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You must personally accept the responsibility of improving your own life.
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It’s easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.
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Luxury is experiencing reality
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Ultimately, that is the definition of bravery: not being afraid of yourself.
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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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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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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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