禅Charlotte Joko Beck

proverb

Stop Fixing Yourself

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Text

Practice is not the work of fixing yourself. It is the work of seeing what is, including the wish to fix. Once the wish is seen clearly, the fixing-energy returns to the body as ordinary attention.

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Lineage: White Plum Asanga

By Charlotte Joko Beck

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  • contentEveryday Zen: Love and Work

    Charlotte Joko Beck

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