Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
JACK KORNFIELDLife without forgiveness is unbearable.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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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.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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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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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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