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The idea is to develop sympathy for your own confusion.


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Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.



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Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.



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Being satisfied with what we already have is a magical golden key to being alive in a full, unrestricted, and inspired way.



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So war and peace start in the human heart. Whether that heart is open or whether that heart closes has global implications.



It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.

It isn't what happens to us that causes us to suffer; it's what we say to ourselves about what happens.



All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.

All you need to know is that the future is wide open and you are about to create it by what you do.



To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.



Feel the feelings and drop the story.

Feel the feelings and drop the story.



The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.



All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.

All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best.





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