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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

Jack Kornfield

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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Compassionate Incomplete Yourself
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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Aggression Alive Angry Change Fact Ourselves Struggle
Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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Return Silence Universe
Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Forgiveness Life Unbearable
We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.
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Awake Courage Doubt Face Need Ourselves Perseverance Right Sorrow
Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Awake Love Patience Understand
Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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Born Philosophy Spiritual
A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
JACK KORNFIELD

Acceptance Fundamental Kindness Maturity Quality Spiritual
The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Hard Time Learning Struggle Wave
The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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Beginning Goal Mindset Ourselves
As long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, ‘This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,’ then you can go beyond.
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Inspirational Long Mind
What we seek is what we are.
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Emotion People Seek
We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Block Go Heart Let
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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Expectation Guilt Live Ourselves Past Planning Regret Shame Stop War
Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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Assumption Beginning Department Mindset Responsibility Right Yourself
Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Flow Life Love Ourselves Wisdom

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