May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
JACK KORNFIELDThere are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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We can always begin again.
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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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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Spiritual 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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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