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If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.
Pema Chodron
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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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This moving away from comfort and security, this stepping out into what is unknown, uncharted and shaky - that's called liberation.
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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
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We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good... The whole right and wrong business closes us down and makes our world smaller.
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But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
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We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.
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In the end, that's what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.
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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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Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.
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Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspective.
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