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It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness. -Pema Chodron, from When Things Fall Apart
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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons.
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The real thing that we renounce is the tenacious hope that we could be saved from being who we are.
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