Deep down in the human spirit, there is a reservoir of courage. It is always available, always waiting to be discovered.
PEMA CHODRONTo 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.
More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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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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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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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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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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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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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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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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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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If you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
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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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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.
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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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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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Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.
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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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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.
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The second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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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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Inner peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your emotions.
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