Basic goodness is based on your first mind, first thought. Before thought, you have a gasp, a sharp in-breath, Ah-ah! Whatever you think, even before you think before you gasp, there is space. There is purity. There is ah-ah! Sometimes you feel so dumb that you can’t think of anything. Sometimes you you think you’re so intelligent, you can’t think of anything. There is just Ah-ah!

Chögyam Trungpa

from the book Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala

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Further quotes from the book Great Eastern Sun:

• Please give yourself a good time
• You have to do it
• Facing our lives
• Feeling too naked
• The primordial dot
• Trusting in yourself first
• Smile at fear
• Decency is free from trickery
• Ordinary is extraordinary
• The majesty of the world is always there
• Somebody has to do it
• Enjoy your goodness
• The heart of goodness in you