What if it turns out to be true that self doubt is an illusion, that we’re all actually okay, we’re doing the right thing - we’re doing the best we can and it’s good enough. The rest is just the whisperings of Mara.
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During one of the Dharma Talks teacher Eugene Cash quoted Suzuki Roshi (founder of the San Francisco Zen Center) on the nature of enlightenment. He said “Realization is imperfection without anxiety.”
Realization is imperfection without anxiety.
Those words struck me. They echo a theme I frequently come back to with a simplicity that I greatly admire. I’m always talking about self-compassion, and this may be the best definition I’ve heard.
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