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.
JACK KORNFIELDA second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
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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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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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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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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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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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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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