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Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

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The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.
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Biology Nervous Ourselves Response Safety Science Smile
Extend an act of kindness each day. No one has to know. It can be a smile, reassuring words, a small favor – without expecting something in return.
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Act Expectation Kindness Oneself Return
The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.
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Company Connection Fact Freedom Path Spiritual
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
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Big Freedom Live Old Pattern Tragedy
When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
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Freedom Heart Ideas Life Ourselves Philosophy
If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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Beautiful Heart Mystery Ourselves Poetry Touch World
Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
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Act Choice Desire Freedom Live
Self-judgment continues to arise – it’s a strong habit – but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it has helped me stop feeding the story of being unworthy.
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Commitment Fact Habit Judgement Myself Recognition Stop Story Strong
Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
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Body Emotion InterAction Thinking
There are some things we can’t choose, but in being present we can choose how we want to relate to them.
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Choice Present Relate
Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
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Attention Expression Love Pay
The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
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Acceptance Boundary Freedom Ourselves
Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
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Easy Eyes Love Ourselves Praise Time
Where desire ends up causing suffering is when it fixates.
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Desire End Suffering
Happiness lies not in finding what is missing, but in finding what is present.
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Happiness Lying Missing Present
Even a few moments of offering loving kindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.
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Heart Kindness Love Moments Purity Yourself

Stopping the endless pursuit of getting somewhere else is the perhaps most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.

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