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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.

Jack Kornfield

There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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Holy Moments People Place Wisdom
When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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Aggression Alive Angry Change Fact Ourselves Struggle
Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Awake Love Patience Understand
The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Hard Time Learning Struggle Wave
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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Control Illusion Peace Surrender
Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Belief Compassionate Inspirational Patience Respect Yourself
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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Discover Heart Learning Love Ourselves
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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Awake Courage Doubt Face Need Ourselves Perseverance Right Sorrow
Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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Moment Moments
It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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Appreciate Believe Know
The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Heart Know Mind
Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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Individual Unique World
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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Battle End Heart Let Go Open Practice Present Spiritual
Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Compassion Juju Respect Yourself
Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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Compassionate Hard Kind Life
Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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Acceptance Rise Way

When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.

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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.

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