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our minds wander off into all kinds of stories and fabrications and manufactured realities, — Pema Chodron

Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already are. — Pema Chodron

The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought. — Pema Chodron

Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons. — Pema Chodron

Resisting what is happening is a major cause of suffering, — Pema Chodron

All of life is interconnected. — Pema Chodron

Things become very clear when there is nowhere to escape. During — Pema Chodron

The truth you believe in and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new. — Pema Chodron

LIFE is a good teacher and a good friend. — Pema Chodron

In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves. — Pema Chodron

Resistance to unwanted circumstances has the power to keep those circumstances alive and well for a very long time. — Pema Chodron

What I have realized through practicing is that practice isn't about beng the best horse or the good horse or the poor horse or the worst horse. — Pema Chodron

It's helpful to always remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing withwhatever arises, without picking and choosing. — Pema Chodron

Sometimes you just have to let everything fall apart. — Pema Chodron

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best. — Pema Chodron

The approach is that the best way to use unwanted circumstances on the path of enlightenment is not to resist but to lean into them. — Pema Chodron

Honestly, that is the best advice for life: no note cards. — Pema Chodron

Just prepare well and know what you want to do. Give it your best, but you really don't have a clue what's going to happen. — Pema Chodron

So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications. — Pema Chodron

Tonglen practice begins to dissolve the illusion that each of us is alone with this personal suffering that no one else can understand. — Pema Chodron

If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside ... that's how your temper will cool down. — Pema Chodron

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort. — Pema Chodron

The third noble truth says that the cessation of suffering is letting go of holding on to ourselves. — Pema Chodron

Searching for happiness prevents us from ever finding it. — Pema Chodron

We cannot be present and run our story-line at the same time. — Pema Chodron

Soften, to connect with your heart and engender a basic attitude of generosity and compassion toward yourself, the archetypal coward. — Pema Chodron

We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves. — Pema Chodron

Dharma is the study of what is, and the only way you can find out what is true is through studying yourself. — Pema Chodron

Resentment, bitterness, and holding a grudge prevent us from seeing and hearing and tasting and delighting. — Pema Chodron

How do we cultivate the conditions for joy to expand? We train in staying present. — Pema Chodron

Even if you don't feel appreciation, just look. Feel what you feel; take an interest and be curious. — Pema Chodron

When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart. — Pema Chodron

MY teacher Trungpa Rinpoche encouraged us to lead our lives as an experiment, a suggestion that has been very important to me. — Pema Chodron

Treat yourself as your own beloved child. — Pema Chodron

One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is to feel that now is not enough. — Pema Chodron

Determination means to use every challenge you meet as an opportunity to open your heart and soften, determined to not withdraw. — Pema Chodron

We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people's wrongness. — Pema Chodron

We can learn to meet whatever arises with curiosity and not make it such a big deal. — Pema Chodron

strengthening habitual patterns of suffering. We begin to see this more and more clearly, and we begin to realize that we can do something different. — Pema Chodron

What we call obstacles are really the way the world and our entire experience teach us where we're stuck. — Pema Chodron