May 3, 2012
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If you are trying to attain Joe Schmidt-hood, egohood, it is problematic. Joe Schmidt-hood is stubborn, aggressive, and speedy. On the other hand, Joe Schmidt-ness is quite reasonable; such a Joe Schmidt is not looking to attain Joe Schmidt-hood at all, but rather a could-not-care-less existence. That Joe Schmidt has a natural sense of dignity.
At that point, Joe Schmidt or Karen Doe has achieved some genuine understanding of him or herself. It may not be a full-blown accomplishment, but at that point, Joe and Karen begin to relax and feel good about themselves. Step by step, the situation evolves and becomes cheerful and humorous at the same time. Karen and Joe enjoy life. They eat good food, they enjoy how they dress, how they walk, how they talk, how they live.
From “Indestructible Nature” in Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery, pages 30-31.
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May 1, 2012
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If we have a sense of how to go about things in our own life already, then we will also develop a natural sense of how to extend out to others as well. That ability to reach out is based first on how one actually views oneself as Joe Schmidt or Karen Doe. Is this a good Joe Schmidt? Is this a wretched Karen Doe? Or is this David Doe questionable?
It is possible, and it has been done in the past, to take an attitude toward oneself which is quite positive and ordinary, in some sense, but which is also extraordinary and which sees our life as worthy of celebrating. We can cheer up our attitude towards ourselves. Joe Schmidt could feel a genuine sense of Joe Schmidt-ness in himself. There is an actual connection that we could make with ourselves.
From “Indestructible Nature” in Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery, page 30.
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April 26, 2012
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Humans are the only animals that try to dwell in the future. You don’t have to purely live in the present situation without a plan, but the future plans you make can only be based on the aspects of the future that manifest within the present situation. You can’t plan a future if you don’t know what the present situation is. You have to start from now to know how to plan.
From Ocean of Dharma: The Everyday Wisdom of Chögyam Trungpa, no. 132.
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