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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.

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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If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.
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Although we have the potential to experience the freedom of a butterfly, we mysteriously prefer the small and fearful cocoon of ego.
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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.
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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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Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened.
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At the root of all the harm we cause is ignorance.
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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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When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart.
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Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts.
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While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves.
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If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable. AS we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others-what and whom we can work with, and how-becomes wider.
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Openness doesn’t come from resisting our fears but rather from getting to know them well.
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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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Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.
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The best spiritual instruction is when you wake up in the morning and say, 'I wonder what's going to happen today.' And then carry that kind of curiosity through your life.
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Each of us has a soft spot: the place in our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender. This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love, and it is equally inherent in pain.
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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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Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time.
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