In practicing meditation, we're not trying to live up to some kind of …

Pema Chodron
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In practicing meditation, we're not trying to live up to some kind of ideal -- quite the opposite. We're just being with our experience, whatever it is. ✨ Pema Chodron (2000). When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, p.23, Shambhala Publications
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In practicing meditation, we're not trying to live up to some kind of ideal -- quite the opposite. We're just being with our experience, whatever it is. ✨ Pema Chodron (2000). When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, p.23, Shambhala Publications

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