Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
PEMA CHODRONSo 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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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
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I can’t overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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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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Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.
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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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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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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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All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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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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