Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
JACK KORNFIELDLive in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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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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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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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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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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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
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What we seek is what we are.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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