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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.

Jack Kornfield

The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically, through understanding an gradual training.
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Discipline Spiritual War
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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Eyes Healing Judgment
We can always begin again.
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Beginning One Liner Start
When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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Aggression Alive Angry Change Fact Ourselves Struggle
Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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Conscience Integrity Loss
Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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Avoid Beginning Change End Freedom Happiness Life Move Peace
The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Learn Surf Wave
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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Guide Meditation Ourselves Practice Problem Reflection Way
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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Born Death Let Go Live Moments Oneself
You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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Community Forget Need
Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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Moment Moments
True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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Hearted Love True
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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Beautiful Confusion Heart
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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Day Forever Moments Night Open
The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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Acceptance Live Miracle Repeat Time Way
No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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Beginning Difficult Past Yourself

In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.

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