The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
JACK KORNFIELDTo see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things 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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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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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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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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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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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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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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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