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Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
Writer
New York City
New York
Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
Reality
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Enlightenment
Spirituality
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Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what’s happening.
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It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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The truth is that good and bad coexist sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other.
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If you’re aggressive in your dealings, that’s how you’ll be regarded in the world. You might smile and give generously, but if you frequently explode in anger, people never feel comfortable in your presence and you’ll never have peace of mind.
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It becomes increasingly clear that we won’t be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are.
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As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.
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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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We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.
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But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.
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So even if the hot loneliness is there, and for 1.6 seconds we sit with that restlessness when yesterday we couldn't sit for even one, that's the journey of the warrior. (68)
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The more neurosis the more wisdom.
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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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This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
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Unconditional good heart toward others is not even a possibility unless we attend to our own demons.
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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. It is all we ever have, so we night as well work with it rather than struggling against it. We might as well make it our friend and teacher rather than our enemy.
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Don't worry about achieving. Don't worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can. When you realize you've wandered off again, simply very lightly acknowledge that. This light touch is the golden key to reuniting with our openness.
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Few of us are satisfied with retreating from the world and just working on ourselves. We want our training to manifest and to be of benefit. The bodhisattva-warrior, therefore, makes a vow to wake up not just for himself but for the welfare of all beings.
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