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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More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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In the end, that’s what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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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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We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is fresh, unfixated, unbiased.
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Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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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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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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The central question of a warrior’s training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.
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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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You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.
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Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don’t lose your sense of perspective.
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