Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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More Pema Chodron Quotes
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When we resist change, it’s called suffering. But when we can completely let go and not struggle against it, when we can embrace the groundlessness of our situation and relax into it’s dynamic quality, that’s called enlightenment.
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So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
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Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.
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Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, ‘I wonder what’s going to happen today.’ And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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