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This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.

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
Comfort
Shaky
Security
Unknowing
Called
Uncharted
Freedom
Stepping
Moving
Liberation
Away
Buddhist
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Buddhism

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Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.
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