Carefully and slowly reading Pema Chodron's When Things Fall Apart

"At the root of All harm is ignorance." p. 37
"Begin to know ourselves thoroughly and respect ourselves." p. 36
"Cease to Cause harm." p. 36
Decide and be Determined to Do the things that nurture me 
Edginess ... get down to the Essence of it. p. 34
Fundamental well being of our body, speech and mind. p. 36
Groundlessness --> Gentle mindfulness p. 36
Honestly relate to the immediacy of our experience and respect ourselves enough not to judge it. p.32
"It's a lifetime's journey" p. 32 "It's there bubbling along all the time." p. 34
Jumpy, Jittery, Juicy
"Know ourselves thoroughly and respect ourselves" p.36
"Liberation that naturally arises when we are completely here, without anxiety about imperfection." p. 37
Mindfulness is the ground; refraining is the path p. 33
"Not causing harm requires staying awake." p. 37
"Once there was a young warrior..." p. 34
Passionately Pause
Quiet the mind
Refraining is the method for getting to know the nature of this Restlessness and fear.
Stay awake. Slow down. Notice. p. 37
Transformative experience to simply pause...
Underneath our ordinary lives... there is a fundamental groundlessness." p. 34
Very stuck habitual patterns of mind p.
When the Water is churned up, nothing can be seen. p. 37
relaX with the groundlessness of our situation p. 38



2 comments:

  1. Hi Mandy :) Once we get moved and settled - again - I may have to buy this one. I am currently reading a library book, and have the Meredith College perk of being able to check it out for the entire semester - but it is SO good, I just really need to read it with highlighter in hand and then read again at other points in my life.

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