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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More Pema Chodron Quotes
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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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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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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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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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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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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One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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All situations teach you, and often it’s the tough ones that teach you best.
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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To 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.
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Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.
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There’s nothing more important on our spiritual path than developing gentleness to oneself.
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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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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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