To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
JACK KORNFIELDIf you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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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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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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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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