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‘Since impermanence to us spells anguish, we grasp on to things desperately, even though all things change. We are terrified of letting go, terrified, in fact, of living at all, since learning to live is learning to let go. And this is the tragedy and irony of our struggle to hold on: not only is it impossible, but it brings us the very pain we are seeking to avoid.’
— Nov 16, 2025 03:59PM
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‘It is in the nature of all things that take form to dissolve again. Strive with your whole being to attain perfection.’
— Jan 03, 2026 02:51PM
Woetoe
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‘If you just let people talk, giving them your complete and compassionate attention, they will say things of a surprising spiritual depth, even when they think that they don’t have any spiritual beliefs. Everyone has their own life wisdom, and when you let a person talk you allow this life wisdom to emerge.’
— Dec 08, 2025 02:14AM
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‘Compassion is not true compassion unless it is active.’
— Dec 07, 2025 08:31AM
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‘For real communication to be established, you must make a determined effort to see the person in terms of his or her own life, character, background and history, and to accept the person unreservedly.’
— Dec 06, 2025 06:09AM
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‘Remember that your task is not to convert anyone to anything, but to help the person in front of you get in touch with his or her own strength, confidence, faith and spirituality, whatever that might be.’
— Dec 06, 2025 06:08AM
Woetoe
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‘When you leave each thing in its own state, then its shape doesn’t change, its color doesn’t fade, and its glow does not dissapear. Whatever appears is unstained by any grasping, so then all that you perceive arises as the naked wisdom of Rigpa, which is the indivisibility of luminosity and emptiness.’
— Dec 06, 2025 02:01AM
