To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
JACK KORNFIELDNo matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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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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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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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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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 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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Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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