Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
JACK KORNFIELDWithin 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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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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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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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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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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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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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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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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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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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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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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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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