Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
JACK KORNFIELDLife without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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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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The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically, through understanding an gradual training.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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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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We can always begin again.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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