To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
JACK KORNFIELDNo matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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The 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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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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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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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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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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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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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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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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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
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To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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