[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Habitual Patterns

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

October 14, 2007

HABITUAL PATTERNS

Arrogance comes from lack of gentleness. Beyond that, lack of 
gentleness comes from relying on habitual patterns of behavior.....By 
clinging to habitual behavior, we are cutting ourselves off from the 
warrior's world. Habitual patterns are almost like reflexes: when we 
are shocked, we panic, and when we are attacked, we become defensive. 
On a more subtle level, we use habitual patterns to hide our 
self-consciousness. When we feel inadequate, we employ habitual 
responses to patch up our self-image: we invent excuses to shield our 
inadequacies from other people. Our standard emotional responses are 
often reflections of habitual patterns, as are mental fatigue, 
restlessness, irritation over something we don't like, and many of 
our desires. We use our habitual patterns to seal ourselves off and 
to build ourselves up.

From" Overcoming Habitual Patterns," in SHAMBHALA: THE SACRED PATH OF 
THE WARRIOR, page 120. Dragon Edition.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES OF THE WEEK now has 5, 248 subscribers.
Please send comments on and contributions to OCEAN OF DHARMA QUOTES 
OF THE WEEK to the list moderator, Carolyn Gimian at: carolyn at shambhala.com.

Carolyn Rose Gimian

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week: teachings by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Taken from works published by Shambhala Publications,  the Archive of 
his unpublished work in the Shambhala Archives, plus other published sources.
TO SUBSCRIBE visit the Chogyam Trungpa website by clicking on the 
following link: http://OceanofDharma.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.shambhala.com/pipermail/dharmaocean/attachments/20071014/cc726294/attachment.html