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Pema Chodron
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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
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Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go.
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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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All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.
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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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In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.
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I equate ego with trying to figure everything out instead of going with the flow. That closes your heart and your mind to the person or situation that's right in front of you, and you miss so much.
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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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The only way to ease our pain is to experience it fully. Learn to stay with uneasiness, learn to stay with the tightening, so that the habitual chain reaction doesn't continue to rule your life.
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Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears. We can bring ourselves back to the spiritual path countless times every day simply by exercising our willingness to rest in the uncertainty of the present moment—over and over again.
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Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness of life. We tend to forget that we are part of the natural scheme of things.
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When you have made good friends with yourself, your situation will be more friendly too.
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By not knowing, not hoping to know and not acting like we know what's happening, we begin to access our inner strength.
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The essence of bravery is being without self-deception.
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