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Pema agrees with my LJ community...
Apr. 14th, 2005 06:44 amRather unbelievably, taken from the last two mornings of (previously unread) 'Early Morning Buddhist Inspirations':
"When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to."
Pema Chodron
"We feel we're supposed to be better than we are in some way. But with this practice you take yourself completely as you are. Then ironically, taking in pain - breathing it in for yourself and all others in the same boat as you are - heightens your awareness of exactly where you're stuck."
Pema Chodron
(Smiling)...No, really?
"When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to."
Pema Chodron
"We feel we're supposed to be better than we are in some way. But with this practice you take yourself completely as you are. Then ironically, taking in pain - breathing it in for yourself and all others in the same boat as you are - heightens your awareness of exactly where you're stuck."
Pema Chodron
(Smiling)...No, really?
