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When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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You see, there really is no separation between you and everyone else.
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we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In helping ourselves, we help the world.
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In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.
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The painful thing is that when we buy into disapproval,we are practicing disapproval. When we buy into harshness,we are practicing harshness.
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The essence of generosity is letting go. Pain is always a sign that we are holding on to something - usually ourselves.
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Holding on to anything blocks wisdom.
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No one ever tells us to stop running away from fear...the advice we usually get is to sweeten it up, smooth it over, take a pill, or distract ourselves, but by all means make it go away. (5)
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Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears. We can bring ourselves back to the spiritual path countless times every day simply by exercising our willingness to rest in the uncertainty of the present moment—over and over again.
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Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.
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None of us is ever OK, but we all get through everything just fine.
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To put it concisely, we suffer when we resist the noble and irrefutable truth of impermanence and death.
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What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself.
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it is only to the extent that we are willing to expose ourselves again and again to annihilation that we are able to find that part of ourselves that is indestructible.
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Lean into the sharp points and fully experience them. The essence of bravery is being without self-deception. Wisdom is inherent in (understanding) emotions.
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We sow the seeds of our future hells or happiness by the way we open or close our minds right now.
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While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves.
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True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.
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Even if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel take an interest and be curious.
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The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.
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Ego is something that you come to know - something that you befriend by not acting out or by repressing all the feelings that you feel.
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