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Spirituality doesn’t exist on another level different from ordinary life.

Chogyam Trungpa

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

Future Jump More Now Past Threatened
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Feast Look Other World
If kindness doesn’t work, try more kindness.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Kindness More Work
We are always in transition. If you can just relax with that, you’ll have no problem.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Always Just Problem Relax Transition
Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that’s not the point. It’s developing a friendly attitude to ourselves, accepting the hidden neurosis coming through.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Friends Make Meditation Ourselves Practice
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Acknowledge Become Close Distance Extremely Foolishness Little Process Wise
It’s possible to be completely enlightened… except with your family.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Completely Enlight Except Family Possible
Fearlessness comes from working with the softness of the human heart.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Fearlessness Heart Human Softness Work
Too often, people think that solving the world’s problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Based Conquer Earth Ground Often People Problem Rather Solve Think Touch
We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always a very important and powerful experience. The phenomenal world can be perceived and seen properly if we see it from the perspective of being a fool.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Almost Being First Fool Say Willing Wisdom
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Able Although Complete Dedicate Experience Help Other Realize Share Warrior
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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Being Genuine Genumneness Help Other Projection Question
Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Acquire Apply Attempt Benefit Constant Ego Own Spirituality Teaching
Right mindfulness does not simply mean being aware; it is like creating a work of art. You can therefore trust what you are doing; you are not threatened by anything. You have room to dance in the space, and this makes it a creative situation. The space is open to you.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Art Mean Space
Gentle day’s flower – The hummingbird competes With the stillness of the air.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Air Bird Flower
I 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.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPA

Afraid First Gentlemen Idea Key Ladies Say Would

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