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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.

Pema Chodron

The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something – usually ourselves.
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Essence Generosity Ourselves Pain Sign
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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Arrive Need Problem Run Teaching
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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Compassionate Path Reality Spiritual Start Suffering Ugly Yourself
The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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Future Moments Open Writing
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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Change Dynamic Enlightenment Ourselves Resistance Situation Struggle Suffering
The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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Believe Hold On Truth Yourself
Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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Awake Challenge Experience Open Path Spiritual
Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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Compassionate Medicine Personal Poison Suffering Yourself
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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Awake Life Limitation Person Stand Thinking Vehicle Yourself
Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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Give Up Inspirational Motivational Self Love Yourself
Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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Care Feeling Hope Irritation Listening Reminder
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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Best Curiosity Instruction Life Morning Spiritual Wonder Yourself
Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
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Brave Courage Discover Human Inspirational Motivational Spirit Wait
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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End Kind Situation Support Togetherness
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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Attention Fact Heart Person Shout Stand Yourself
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Connection Greatness Joy Obstacle Ourselves

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