We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
JACK KORNFIELDThe 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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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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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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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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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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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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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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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