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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
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New York City
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Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
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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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So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
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I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need to engage in the process of awakening.
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Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.
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You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.
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As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .
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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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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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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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We practice to liberate ourselves from a burden.
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If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.
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We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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Don’t get caught up in hopes of what you’ll achieve and how good your situation will be some day in the future. What you do right now is what matters.
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Knowing pain is a very important ingredient of being there for another person.
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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 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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Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
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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, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.
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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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