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That which can cause our destruction becomes a blessing in disguise when we let the energies arise and pass through us over and over again, without acting out.
Pema Chodron • Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
If we’re willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be exterminated, then we can have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our situation.
Pema Chödrön • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
Lest you be hard on yourself about being swayed by external circumstances,
Pema Chödrön • Start Where You Are: How to accept yourself and others
There is definitely something tender and throbbing about groundlessness.
Pema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
Pema Chödrön • A Bodhicitta Practice -- Pema Chödrön
we can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us and make us kinder and more open to what scares us. We always have this choice.
Pema Chödrön • The Pocket Pema Chodron (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
The wisest approach is that we try out this practice. We try it out in our lives today, tomorrow, right now—as long as we’re alive, we practice this way of living.
Pema Chodron • Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
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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