Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
JACK KORNFIELDIn the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
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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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The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.
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What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
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