If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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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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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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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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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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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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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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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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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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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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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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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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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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