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One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as we are.

One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being here just as we are.
– Pema Chdrn

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  1. Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. – Pema Chdrn
  2. Meditation practice is not about later, when you get it all together and you’re this person you really respect. – Pema Chdrn
  3. Meditation is a totally nonviolent, nonaggressive occupation. – Pema Chdrn
  4. IN practicing meditation, we’re not trying to live up to some kind of ideal-”quite the opposite. – Pema Chdrn
  5. In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts. – Pema Chdrn
  6. It’s helpful to always remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing withwhatever arises, without picking and choosing. – Pema Chdrn
  7. Sitting meditation begins with good posture. – Pema Chdrn
  8. Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies. – Pema Chdrn
  9. The meditation technique itself cultivate precision, gentleness, and the ability to let go – qualities that are innate within us. – Pema Chdrn
  10. While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves. – Pema Chdrn
  11. The path of meditation and the path of our lives altogether ha to do with curiosity, inquisitiveness. – Pema Chdrn
  12. there’s more to liberation than trying to avoid discomfort, more to lasting happiness than pursuing temporary pleasures, temporary relief. – Pema Chdrn
  13. To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  14. To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  15. The main thing is to keep THE MAIN THING the main thing – stefan calin
  16. Energies expended on sideshows, never on the main event. Where the hell was the main event? Was there a main event? – Haruki Murakami
  17. Life is too short to major the MINOR and MINOR the major. Make the main thing the main thing and the world will make you the MAIN man – Sesan Kareem
  18. One makes discoveries about oneself but more often one makes up discoveries. – Sara Levine
  19. No…No…We don’t walk away but when we’re holding on to something precious we run. We run away. We run as fast as we can. – The Doctor
  20. Abandon hope. – Pema Chdrn
  21. Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha. – Pema Chdrn
  22. There isn’t any hell or heaven except for how we relate to our world. Hell is just resistance to life. – Pema Chdrn
  23. Words themselves are neutral. It’s the charge we add to them that matters – Pema Chdrn
  24. Many religions have meditations on death to let it penetrate our thick skulls that life doesn’t last forever. – Pema Chdrn
  25. The first noble truth says simply that it’s part of being human to feel discomfort. – Pema Chdrn
  26. Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed. – Pema Chdrn
  27. If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. – Pema Chdrn
  28. PATIENCE is the antidote to anger, a way to learn to love and care for whatever we meet on the path. – Pema Chdrn
  29. The choice to avoid risk is the choice to avoid living, and to avoid living is one of the greatest risk of all. – Craig D Lounsbrough
  30. Seeing Jesus prolongs your life. Seeing Jesus keeps you healthy. Seeing Jesus makes you strong. – Paul Silway
  31. When you are seeing a person, you are not really seeing him. You are seeing his reflection through the mirror of your mind. – Debasish Mridha
  32. All joy lies in the present moment. The journey of life and prosperity are made of the present moment. – Matthew Donnelly
  33. If you are expressing gratitude then you are in the present moment. If you are in the present moment then you are expressing gratitude. – Matthew Donnelly
  34. A moment later, Liam’s bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn’t seeing Ruby. – Alexandra Bracken
  35. Sculpting the future and healing the past can only happen through mindful action in the present moment. – Darren Main
  36. I’d run. But maybe you can’t run. Think of that, too.’ His yellow eyes seemed to look inward, and he sounded tired. ‘Sometimes you can’t run. – Robert Jordan
  37. This is not about going back. This is about life being ahead of you and you run at it! Because you never know how far you can run unless you run. – Penny Chenery Secretariat
  38. The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things. – Alistair Begg
  39. She’s the main character in her story, just like I’m the main character in mine. – Marisa de los Santos
  40. As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness. – Gloria D Gonsalves

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