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 KORNFIELDA second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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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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Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity, fighting pain, death and loss and hiding from the basic truths of the natural world and of our own nature.
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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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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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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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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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