All PEMA CHODRON Quotes about “Awakening”

“Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. Itâ€™s becoming critical. We donâ€™t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to whatâ€™s already here. Itâ€™s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times. The earth seems to be beseeching us to connect with joy and discover our innermost essence. This is the best way that we can benefit others.”
“To stay with that shakiness-to stay with a broken heart, with a rumbling stomach, with the feeling of hopelessness and wanting to get revenge-that is the path of true awakening. Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.”
“Each person's life is like a mandala - a vast, limitless circle. We stand in the center of our own circle, and everything we see, hear and think forms the mandala of our life ... everything that shows up in your mandala is a vehicle for your awakening.”
“Remember that this is not something we do just once or twice. Interrupting our destructive habits and awakening our heart is the work of a lifetime.”
“You're the only one who knows when you're using things to protect yourself and keep your ego together and when you're opening and letting things fall apart, letting the world come as it is - working with it rather than struggling against it. You're the only one who knows.”
“Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.”
“I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need to engage in the process of awakening.”
“We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake”
“Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.”
“We donâ€™t sit in meditation to become good meditators. We sit in meditation so that weâ€™ll be more awake in our lives.”
“It is a commitment to respect whatever life brings that we develop wholehearted determination to use discomfort as an opportunity for awakening, rather than trying to make it disappear.”

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