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You need to become more genuine to who you are. So, people pushing you can help take you to the level where you really understand the principles and enter them into action.

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Sakyong Mipham
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What is really happening in meditation is that we are developing the ability to think when we want to, and to not think when we don’t want to.
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Poetry is a language for when you can't quite write prose about something, you can't quite say it, but if you do a poem, it kind of gets to the point.
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Whatever we do lays a seed in our deepest consciousness, and one day that seed will grow.
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What is my great wish and intention, is to make a base of compassion and to encourage people to work to shift the energy.
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