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.
JACK KORNFIELDBuddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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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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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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We can always begin again.
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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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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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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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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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