In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
JACK KORNFIELDLetting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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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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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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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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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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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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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Part 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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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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