The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
JACK KORNFIELDIt 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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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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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As long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, ‘This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,’ then you can go beyond.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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What we seek is what we are.
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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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We can always begin again.
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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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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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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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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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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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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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What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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