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.
PEMA CHODRONLet your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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It isn’t the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it’s what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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If you follow your heart, you’re going to find that it is often extremely inconvenient.
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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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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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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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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually it’s your fixed identity that’s crumbling. And as Chögyam Trungpa used to tell us, that’s cause for celebration.
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Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back.
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Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing.
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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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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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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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Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.
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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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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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