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Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what’s happening.

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
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Ego is something that you come to know - something that you befriend by not acting out or by repressing all the feelings that you feel.
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The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.
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Ego is like a room of your own, a room with a view with the temperature and the smells and the music that you like. You want it your own way. You'd just like to have a little peace, you'd like to have a little happiness, you know, just gimme a break.
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Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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