In parting, I would like to give you one small piece of advice to keep in your heart. You may have heard me say this before, but it is the key point of the entire path, so it bears repeating: All that we are looking for in life — all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind — is right here in the present moment. Our very own awareness is itself fundamentally pure and good. The only problem is that we get so caught up in the ups and downs of life that we don’t take the time to pause and notice what we already have.

Mingyur Rinpoche

from the book In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

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• Awareness contains impermanence
• Facing suffering
• It’s how we relate to emotions
• The chattering voice in our heads
• The source of what we like or do not like
• Replace longing with love
• Meditative awareness
• Dying is rebirth
• Within each one of us
• Stay with what is
• Short moments, many times
• Stretching a bit further
• Vast and intimate
• Change yourself
• Anywhere, anytime
• The masks that hide our true selves
• Identifying the sickness for ourselves
• Nothing endures but change
• Only with recognition