Summary of Pema Chödrön's Start Where You Are

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 We have everything we need. We don’t need to improve ourselves. All the trips we lay on ourselves, the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy, and the addictions of all kinds - none of these things touch our basic wealth. #2 The practice of meditation, called shamatha-vipashyana, helps us to know ourselves. It helps us to