Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
JACK KORNFIELDAnger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
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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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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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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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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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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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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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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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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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