All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.
PEMA CHODRONThe future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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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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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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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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Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.
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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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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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Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we’re stuck.
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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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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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In meditation, you learn how to get out of your own way long enough for there to be room for your wisdom to manifest.
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