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The Elephant Man

1980

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.

124 min

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FindCenter Quotes ImageNo matter how simplified or complicated life gets, it can make us miserable or it can wake us up.

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Pema Chödrön
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FindCenter Quotes ImageIt may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

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C. S. Lewis
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Inspiration and Joy Amidst Suffering and Loss

As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.

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James Baraz
2014
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10:00

Sharon Salzberg & Sylvia Boorstein on Universal Compassion, Part 1; Garrison Institute, Dec. 2008

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Sharon Salzberg
2010
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18:01

Spiritual Survival Skill #1: Being Comfortable in the Unknown

One of the most important capacities we can access during this time of so much uncertainty is the ability to be comfortable in the unknown.

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Craig Hamilton
2020
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Compassion