It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediatel…

Pema Chodron
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It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness. -Pema Chodron, from When Things Fall Apart
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For one day, or for one day for a week, refrain from something you habitually do to run away, to escape. Pick something concrete, such as overeating or excessive sleeping or overworking or spending t … ▶
Holding on to anything blocks wisdom. ✨ Pema Chodron (2003). Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion, p.180, Shambhala Publications
The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us. ✨ Pema Chodron (2001). The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness, p.39, Shambhala … ▶
It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space. ✨ Pema Chodron (2000). When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, p.46, Shambhala Publications
Come back to square one, just the minimum bare bones. Relaxing with the present moment, relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing with death, not resisting the fact that things end, that things pass, that … ▶

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness. -Pema Chodron, from When Things Fall Apart

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