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“Although growing old and dying is inevitable, people still arrive at old age feeling betrayed by their bodies. The most ordinary aspects of life can be met with extraordinary resistance, and this resistance itself causes suffering. Once we stop denying the certainty of death, then we can take full advantage of the time that we have in this precious human form.”
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“Awareness: the ever-present knowing quality of mind, from which we are never separated for an instant. Even though normally we do not recognize awareness, we can no more live without it than we can live without breathing.”
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“Calm abiding describes a mind that abides in its own steadiness, a mind that is not always being pushed and pulled by circumstances.“
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“Just as the sun shines whether obscured by clouds or not, clarity exists in the midst of confusion and suffering.”
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“The very first sign of waking up is the insight that we are not doomed to retrace our steps forever.”
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