The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental har…

Pema Chodron
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The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently. ✨ Pema Chodron (2003). Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion, p.29, Shambhala Publications
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Use your life to wake you up. ✨ Pema Chodron (2001). The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness, p.127, Shambhala Publications
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Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. ✨ Tea with Pema Chodron in the Mayan Jungle. Interview with Karl Saliter, www.elephantjournal.com. May 11, 2012.
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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 of a great adventure.

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