What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
JACK KORNFIELDWhat is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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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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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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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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Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
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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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What we seek is what we are.
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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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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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