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.
PEMA CHODRONThe 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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Every moment is unique, unknown, completely fresh.
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Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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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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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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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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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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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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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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Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
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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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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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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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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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