Pain is inevitable, suffering is not.

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The process of becoming who you will be begins first with the total acceptance of who you are.

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Meditation changes your character.

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View all problems as challenges. Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow. Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or b…

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But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to your surp…

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Somewhere in this process you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking…

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