To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDThe only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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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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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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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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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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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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