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| Art by Aliza Razellby |
'The innocent mistake that keeps us caught in our own particular style of ignorance,
unkindness, and shut-downness is that we are never encouraged to see clearly what is,
with gentleness. Instead, there’s a kind of basic misunderstanding that we should try
to be better than we already are, that we should try to improve ourselves,
that we should try to get away from painful things,
and that if we could just learn how to get away from the painful things,
then we would be happy. That is the innocent,
naive misunderstanding that we all share,
which keeps us unhappy.
unkindness, and shut-downness is that we are never encouraged to see clearly what is,
with gentleness. Instead, there’s a kind of basic misunderstanding that we should try
to be better than we already are, that we should try to improve ourselves,
that we should try to get away from painful things,
and that if we could just learn how to get away from the painful things,
then we would be happy. That is the innocent,
naive misunderstanding that we all share,
which keeps us unhappy.
Pema Chödrön, Awakening Loving-Kindness
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