To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
JACK KORNFIELDWe must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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We can always begin again.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
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It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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