The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
JACK KORNFIELDSpiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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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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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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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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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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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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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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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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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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