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We're afraid that this anger or sorrow or loneliness is going to last forever... Instead, acting it out is what makes it last.

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
Acting
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Loneliness
Makes
Anger
Going
Sorrow
Afraid
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Forever

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So many of us start along the spiritual path because we are suffering. But you must realize that for real healing to occur, there must first be deep compassion for yourself, especially the parts of yourself you dislike or consider ugly.
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If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it's fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there's an arrow in your heart.
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This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we go.
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Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.
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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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Fear is a natural reaction of moving closer to the truth. If we commit ourselves to staying right where we are, then our experience becomes very vivid. Things become very clear when there is nowhere to escape.
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We don’t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that we’ll be more awake in our lives.
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