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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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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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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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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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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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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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.
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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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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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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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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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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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