By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
PEMA CHODRONObstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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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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Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Each person’s life is like a mandala – a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life … everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.
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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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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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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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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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Meditation isn’t really about getting rid of thoughts, it’s about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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