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Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
Pema Chodron
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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
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As for our inner level of obstacle, perhaps the only enemy we have is that we don't like the way reality is now and therefore wish it would go away fast. But what we need to acknowledge is that nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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The only way to ease our pain is to experience it fully. Learn to stay with uneasiness, learn to stay with the tightening, so that the habitual chain reaction doesn't continue to rule your life.
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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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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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As each breath goes out, let it be the end of that moment and the birth of something new. . .
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Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.
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Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize that you're always standing at the center of the world.
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The next step is to learn to communicate with the people that you feel are causing your pain and misery- not to learn how to prove them wrong and yourself right but how to communicate from the heart.
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When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary... Especially the ordinary.
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Life's work is to wake up, to let the things that enter your life wake you up rather than put you to sleep.
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Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on.
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If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.
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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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Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit.
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We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
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You see, there really is no separation between you and everyone else.
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Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.
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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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If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.
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