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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
Sitting
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Humanity
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Exploring
Meditation

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It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without harshness, without deception, can we let go of harmful patterns. Without maitri (metta), renunciation of old habits becomes abusive. This is an important point.
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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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The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually learn to catch the emotional reaction and drop the story lines.
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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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Just where you are-that's the place to start!
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What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself.
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Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior's world.
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Appreciate everything, even the ordinary... Especially the ordinary.
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The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us.
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Inner # peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your # emotions
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.
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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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The Process of becoming unstuck requires tremendous bravery, because basically we are completely changing our way of perceiving reality.
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Fear itself is the vanguard of wisdom
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Allow situations in your life to become your teacher.
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People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all.
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The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.
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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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