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> [“As we contemplate the enormous variety of factors that must come together to produce a specific sense of self, our attachment to this “I” we think we are begins to loosen. We become more willing to let go of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/as-we-contemplate-the-enormous-variety-of-factors-that-must-come/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

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## Other authors on Contemplate

## More by Yongey Mingyur

> [“As in other exercises my father taught me, the way to begin is to sit up straight, breathe normally, and gradually allow your mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/as-in-other-exercises-my-father-taught-me-the-way-to-begin-is-to-sit/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

> [“As my father explained after we’d finished, the point of the exercise was to recognize that there really is no difference between the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/as-my-father-explained-after-we-d-finished-the-point-of-the-exercise/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

> [“If you're determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/if-you-re-determined-to-think-of-yourself-as-limited-fearful/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

> [“Our thoughts, emotions, and sensations are like waves rising and falling in an endless ocean of infinite possibility. The problem is that we've become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/our-thoughts-emotions-and-sensations-are-like-waves-rising-and/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

> [“You can enjoy your perceptions without actively engaging them, looking at them in the same way you’d look at the objects you’d experience in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/you-can-enjoy-your-perceptions-without-actively-engaging-them-looking/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

> [“In so doing, we regain the innocent perspective most of us knew as children. Our hearts open up to others, like flowers blossoming. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/in-so-doing-we-regain-the-innocent-perspective-most-of-us-knew-as/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

> [“After a few years of asking some very pointed questions in public teachings and in private counseling sessions, I began to see that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/after-a-few-years-of-asking-some-very-pointed-questions-in-public/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

> [“As we contemplate the enormous variety of factors that must come together to produce a specific sense of self, our attachment to this “I”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/as-we-contemplate-the-enormous-variety-of-factors-that-must-come/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

> [“The habit of thinking that things exist “out there” in the world or “in here” is hard to give up, though. It means letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yongey-mingyur/the-habit-of-thinking-that-things-exist-out-there-in-the-world-or-in/)

[Yongey Mingyur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yongey-mingyur/)

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