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All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions.

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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World
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Opinions
Wars
Hatred
Ignorance
Opinion
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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Someone needs to encourage us not to brush aside what we feel. Not to be ashamed of the love and grief that it arouses in us. Not to be afraid of pain. Someone needs to encourage us: that this soft spot in us could be awakened, and that to do this would change our lives.
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We hold on to hope, and hope robs us of the present moment.
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The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.
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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.
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By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.
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It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is part of being alive, something we all share.
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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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Feel the feelings and drop the story.
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It is possible to move through the drama of our lives without believing so earnestly in the character that we play.
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Holding on to anything blocks wisdom.
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I'm here to tell you that the path to peace is right there, when you want to get away.
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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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The most important aspect of being on a spiritual path may be to just keep moving.
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Use what seems like poison as medicine. Use your personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.
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Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean.
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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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Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us.
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