Words of Wisdom 23 (Aug 23 - Dec 24)

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Reframing Negative Thoughts

When our minds become convinced that we’ve been the recipients of a tremendous amount of kindness in our lives, the wish to speak ill of others vanishes.

Instead, we become happy to talk about others’ good qualities, virtuous activities and accomplishments.

- Thubten Chodron

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The Importance of Our Interactions

Mindful speech and the ability to really listen, are at the heart of all relationships.

And thoughtful, kind and effective interactions, are at the center of our ethical core, the foundation of any spiritual practice.

- Marshall Glickman

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Rebuilding Our Full Selves

Sometimes the way we find out how to voice a disowned aspect of ourselves, is by listening to others who have not disowned it.

- Dennis Merzel, “Introducing Big Mind”

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When you judge others, you condemn yourselves because you are guilty of doing the very same things.

Romans 2:1

Source: Life Changing Words

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Pain Inspires Action

Just as the lotus needs muddy water to live, the pain of the world can inspire compassionate and effective action.

The imperfect, as the poet Wallace Stevens said, is our paradise.

- Katy Butler, “The Lotus and the Ballot Box”

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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Cultivate True Happiness

He who expresses true love and kindness, is not harmed but loved in return.

He who loves is thus protected and he who is loved, comes to express his potential qualities beyond egotistical concerns, thus cultivating the true source of happiness.

- Karma Trinlay, “What We’ve Been All Along”

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What Is Training?

Training is simply short moments of recognition, repeated many times and supported by devotion and compassion.

- Tulku Urgyen, “As the Clouds Vanish”

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Nature as Teacher

Nature is the great teacher and always has been.

Shakyamuni went to the jungle to find its teachings, Moses up the mountain, Jesus to the desert, and Muhammad to the caves.

Sadly, we forget this, so it is important to have a practice that reminds us again.

- Clark Strand, “A Green Meditation Retreat”

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Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

1 Corinthians 13:4-5

Source: Life Changing Words