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Opening to the world begins to benefit ourselves and others simultaneously. The more we relate with others, the more quickly we discover where we're blocked.

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
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New York City
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Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
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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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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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All the terrible things we do to ourselves and others from alcoholism to character assignation to abuse to murder come from one cause: the inability to stay present with an uncomfortable feeling in the body and seek short-term relief.
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Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit.
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When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.
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At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
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Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
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Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.
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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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In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.
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Allow situations in your life to become your teacher.
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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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Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own hearts to discover what is true isn’t just a matter of honesty but also of compassion and respect for what we see.
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Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.
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Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.
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If you're invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.
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You must learn to sit with the restless, painful energy and not let the momentum pull you under and cause you to do the same thing over and over that's ruining your life and the lives of those around you.
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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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we come to realize that other people's welfare is just as important as our own. In helping them, we help ourselves. In helping ourselves, we help the world.
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