"A further sign of health is that we……" — Pema Chodron
"A further sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we take it as a message that it's time to stop struggling and look directly at what's threatening us."
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360 Quotes by Pema Chodron
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- The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things…
- We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and Infinite love…
- Even if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel; take an interest and be curious.
- The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures.…
- When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to.…
- When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.
- As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell…
- When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning…
- The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
- Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with…
- Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
- Somehow, in the process of trying to deny that things are always changing, we lose our sense of the sacredness…
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