Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
JACK KORNFIELD
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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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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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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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity, fighting pain, death and loss and hiding from the basic truths of the natural world and of our own nature.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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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 do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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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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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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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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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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