In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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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The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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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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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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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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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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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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As long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, ‘This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,’ then you can go beyond.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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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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When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
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