Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
JACK KORNFIELDLive in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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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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Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
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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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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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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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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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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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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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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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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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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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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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