"One way to practice staying present is to……" — Pema Chodron
"One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen. For one minute, listen to the sounds close to you. For one minute, listen to the sounds at a distance. Just listen attentively."
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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…
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We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience and Infinite love…
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Even if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel; take an interest and be curious.
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The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures.…
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When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to.…
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.
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As long as we're caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell…
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When there's a disappointment, I don't know if it's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning…
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The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
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Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with…
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Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality.
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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is…
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Questions that pertain to the foundations of mathematics, although treated by many in recent times, still lack a satisfactory solution.…
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O Jesus, if I but considered attentively your immense solicitude for me, how greatly should I not excel in every…
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Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from…
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One day when Thomas Aquinas was preaching to the local populace on the love of God, he saw an old…
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In order to really understand, we need to listen, not reply. We need to listen long and attentively. In order…
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Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.
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The orthodox school has witnessed for centuries that nature itself has never once cured any existing disease with another dissimilar…
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Find a day for yourself-better yet, late at night. Go to the forest or to the field, or lock yourself…
— Nachman of Breslov
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Some say God is living there [in space]. I was looking around very attentively, but I did not see anyone…
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Greet everyone you meet with a warm smile. No matter how busy you are, don't rush encounters with coworkers, family,…
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