We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDTo understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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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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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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…Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching of all the experience of life with wisdom and with a heart of kindness, without any separation.
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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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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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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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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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