A great deal of the chaos in the world occurs because people don’t appreciate themselves.
CHOGYAM TRUNGPAThe trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment.
More Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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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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You can’t feel the earth if you can’t feel the space.
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I am alone and my spiritual journey is my experience.’ This is the real experience of freedom and independence. Then we begin to see that being alone is a very beautiful thing. Nobody is obstructing our vision. We have complete panoramic vision.
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In fact, a person always finds when he begins to practice meditation that all sorts of problems are brought out. Any hidden aspects of your personality are brought out into the open, for the simple reason that for the first time you are allowing yourself to see your state of mind as it is.
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It’s no use trying to be different than you are.
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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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Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
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Things get very clear when you’re cornered.
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The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.
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We are threatened by the now so we jump to the past or the future.
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Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of what is happening in the living process – and then letting go.
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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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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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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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You are sitting on the earth and you realize that this earth deserves you and you deserve this earth. You are there – fully, personally, genuinely.
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