You don’t know how to take off your suit of armor. You have no idea how to conduct yourself without the reference point of your own security. The challenge of warriorship is to step out of the cocoon, to step out into space, by being brave and at the same time gentle. You can expose your wounds and flesh, your sore points. You can be completely raw and exposed with your husband or your wife, your banker, your landlord, anyone you meet.
Chögyam Trungpa
from the book Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior
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Further quotes from the book Shambhala:
- Our life is an endless journey
- Refusing to give up on anyone
- A very drastic measury
- Nowness and tradition
- Awaken the Genuine Heart of Sadness
- Don’t Assume the Posture of a Wilted Flower
- You can relax and let go wherever you are
- Chaos in the world
- Discovering real goodness
- Appreciate yourself
- Letting the world tickle your heart
- Look
- Discovering fearlessness
- Fear And Bravery
- Connecting to reality
- Appreciate anything that exists
- Discovering magic
- Inquisitiveness
- A magical place