Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
JACK KORNFIELDNo 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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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We can always begin again.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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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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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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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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Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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