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While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves.

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
Meditation
Sitting
Creation
Simply
Humanity
Form
Exploring

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Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
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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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