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But loving-kindness—maitri—toward ourselves doesn’t mean getting rid of anything. Maitri means that we can still be crazy, we can still be angry. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.
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Meditation takes us just as we are, with our confusion and our sanity. This complete acceptance of ourselves as we are is called maitri, or unconditional friendliness, a simple, direct relationship with the way we are.
Pema Chödrön • The Pocket Pema Chodron (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
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Everything is always becoming otherwise.
Maybe that is what this path is all about not falling in love, but learning to be able to love
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From all causes there is a result. We live in our ordinary life as if we have the power to prevent the natural result of our actions and the actions of others. Life doesn't work like
... See moreWhen things fall apart and we can’t get the pieces back together, when we lose something dear to us, when the whole thing is just not working and we don’t know what to do, this is the time when the natural warmth of tenderness, the warmth of empathy and kindness, are just waiting to be uncovered, just waiting to be embraced. This is our chance to
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Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
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As we individuals grow in our resilience—as we become better at staying conscious and not losing heart—we will be able to remain strong in challenging conditions for the long haul. This is within the capacity of all of us.
Pema Chödrön • Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
Jean-Paul Sartre said that there are two ways to go to the gas chamber, free or not free. This is our choice in every moment. Do we relate to our circumstances with bitterness or with openness?
Pema Chödrön • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
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The message for the dathun as well as for the reader is to be with oneself without embarrassment or harshness. This is instruction on how to love oneself and one’s world. It is therefore simple, accessible instruction on how to alleviate human misery at a personal and global level.