The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
JACK KORNFIELDAttention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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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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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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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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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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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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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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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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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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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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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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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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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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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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