May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
JACK KORNFIELDPart of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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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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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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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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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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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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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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