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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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“Some people find the teachings I offer helpful because I encourage them to be kind to themselves – but this does not mean pampering our neurosis. The kindness that I learned from my teachers, and that I wish so much to convey to other people, is kindness toward all qualities of our being. The qualities that are the toughest to be kind to are the painful parts, where we feel ashamed, as if we don’t belong, as if we’ve just blown it, when things are falling apart for us. Maitri means sticking with ourselves when we don’t have anything, when we feel like a loser. And it becomes the basis for extending the same unconditional friendliness to others.”

https://pemachodronfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/The-Essential-Pema-Study-Guide.pdf

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn't depend on how long you've held on to the old view. When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn't matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades. The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn't see before. Its never too late to take a moment to look."

Sharon Salzberg
 
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Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
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TOP 25 QUOTES BY AJAHN CHAH (of 101) | A-Z Quotes

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Don't think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking. Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down. When coming out of sitting, don't think that you're coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures. If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly. You will have a steady awareness within yourself."

Ajahn Chah

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is freedom, openness of mind, spontaneity, simplicity, altruism: all qualities inherent in happiness."

Matthieu Ricard
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking.

William James
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Sometimes you get what you want. Other times, you get a lesson in patience, timing, alignment, empathy, compassion, faith, perseverance, resilience, humility, trust, meaning, awareness, resistance, purpose, clarity, grief, beauty, and life. Either way, you win."

Meaning Archives - Tiny Buddha

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Pema Chodron - "Welcoming the Unwelcome" -

As we get acquainted with our broken heart and gradually discover that the vulnerability, discomfort and confusion we feel is the same vulnerability, discomfort and confusion that everyone experiences, we develop a powerful longing to awaken rather than stay asleep. Eventually, waking up in order to help others becomes the main concern of our life. When we become fully preoccupied with bodhichitta this way, we become resourceful in using every situation of our life to wake up.

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

Albert Einstein

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