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The wisdom, the strength, the confidence - the awakened heart and mind are always accessible -- here, now, always.

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
Awakened
Confidence
Strength
Wisdom
Heart
Mind
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We can drop the fundamental hope that there is a better me who one day will emerge. We can't just jump over ourselves as if we were not there.
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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, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.
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If we knew that tonight we were going to go blind, we would take a long, last real look at every blade of grass, every cloud formation, every speck of dust, every rainbow, raindrop-everything.
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Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.
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Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit.
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When people are hurting, what they really need is someone who is fully there for them - not someone who is condescending or officious. The only way for you to be there for them is by facing your fear or anger, whatever feelings cause you to shut down.
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Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
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Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.
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By becoming intimate with how we close down and how we open up, we awaken our unlimited potential.
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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons.
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It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness. -Pema Chodron, from When Things Fall Apart
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Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already are.
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Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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We practice to liberate ourselves from a burden.
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It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening. The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
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In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It is our capacity to relax with not knowing, not figuring everything out, with not being at all sure who we are, or who anyone else is, either.
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None of us is ever OK, but we all get through everything just fine.
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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