The trick is to keep exploring and not bail out, even when we find out that something is not what we thought. That’s what we’re going to discover again and again and again. Nothing is what we thought. I can say that with great confidence. Emptiness is not what we thought. Neither is mindfulness or fear. Compassion—not what we thought. Love. Buddha nature. Courage. These are code words for things we don’t know in our minds, but any of us could experience them. These are words that point to what life really is when we let things fall apart and let ourselves be nailed to the present moment.
Pema
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Maybe a little too soon to accept fully, but you've set me back on the right path with this. Thanks. Damn it! :)
This is steadying.
Thank you so much, dear Sabine, for this quote this morning. It was the first thing I read while absorbing the shock of seeing the result of our democratic process. Nailed.
I keep hearing that the present moment is all there is, and now, here it is again. No point in letting our imaginations go amok....
When things fall apart, we need to pull together.
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