Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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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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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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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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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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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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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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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, 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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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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