The Basic Message

Daria Petrilli

Relaxing with the present moment,

relaxing with hopelessness, relaxing

with death, not resisting the fact that

things end, that things pass,

that things have no lasting substance,

that everything is changing all the

time-that is the basic message.

This moving away from comfort and

security, this stepping out into what is

unknown, uncharted and shaky — that’s

called liberation.

~ Pema Chodron

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If you want to awaken all of humanity;

then awaken all of yourself.

If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world;

then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself.

Surely the greatest gift you have to give…

Is that of your own self-transformation.

~ Hua Hu Ching (attributed to Lao Tzu)

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You’re going to realize it one day — that happiness was never about your job, or your degree, or being in a relationship. Happiness was never about following in the footsteps of all of those who came before you, it was…