Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
JACK KORNFIELDThe 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.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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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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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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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
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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 need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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