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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.

Jack Kornfield

We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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Day Forever Moments Night Open
We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Heart Improvement Let Go Ourselves
The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
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Betrayal Hate Person Suffering Yourself
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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Body Commitment Earth
Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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Fear Life Peace Transcendence True Trust Yourself
Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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Care Let Go Way Wisdom
We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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Heart Pain Warrior
True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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Hearted Love True
Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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Compassionate Hard Kind Life
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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Battle End Heart Let Go Open Practice Present Spiritual
Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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Joy Live Peace Remember Trouble World Yourself
Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Awake Love Patience Understand
Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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Defend Difference Guide Ourselves
The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Hard Time Learning Struggle Wave
Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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Conscience Integrity Loss
To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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Acceptance Compassionate Let Go Wisdom

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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