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All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

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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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. Even if we run a hundred miles an hour to the other side of the continent, we find the very same problem awaiting us when we arrive.
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Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life it might be the only strawberry we'll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.
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In truth, there is enormous space in which to live our everyday lives.
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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.
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Our neurosis and our wisdom are made out of the same material. If you throw out your neurosis, you also throw out your wisdom.
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The most complete and true happiness comes in moments when you feel right there, completely present, with no ideas about good and bad, right and wrong - just a sense of open heart and open mind.
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If you see a homeless person on the street, and they need food, housing, medical attention - if you can give that, do it. But at the same time, work with tonglen, because that is how you start dissolving the barrier between you and them.
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Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity?
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The truth is that good and bad coexist sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other.
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We practice to liberate ourselves from a burden.
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To put it concisely, we suffer when we resist the noble and irrefutable truth of impermanence and death.
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Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering.
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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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Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?
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Let your curiosity be greater than your fear.
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To live is to be willing to die over and over again.
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When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.
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At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
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Treat yourself as your own beloved child.
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It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing.
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