Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
PEMA CHODRONObstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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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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When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration.
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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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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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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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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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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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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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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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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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary. Especially the ordinary.
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To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. To live fully is to be always in no-man’s-land, to experience each moment as completely new and fresh. To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart.
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