Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and bec…

Pema Chodron
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Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already. ✨ Pema Chodron (2001). The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness, p.2, Shambhala Publications
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Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others. ✨ Pema Chodron (2002). The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Time … ▶
Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die. ✨ Pema Chodron (2008). The Pocket Pema Chodron, p.87, Shambhala Publications
If we want there to be peace in the world, we have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid in our hearts, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that … ▶
When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You beg … ▶
Generosity is an activity that loosens us up. By offering whatever we can - a dollar, a flower, a word of encouragement - we are training in letting go. ✨ Pema Chodron (2003). Comfortable with Uncert … ▶

Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we are already. ✨ Pema Chodron (2001). The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness, p.2, Shambhala Publications

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