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The 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.

Jack Kornfield

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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Appreciate Believe Know
Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Belief Compassionate Inspirational Patience Respect Yourself
Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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Heal Medicine Philosophy
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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Control Illusion Peace Surrender
The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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Basic Life Love Ourselves Place Principle Problem Spiritual Wisdom
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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Enough Forgiveness Love Way
Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
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Compassionate Fear Forgiveness Friendship Hate Power Regret Respect Rise Transformation
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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Flower Heart Light Open Ourselves Season Sun True
What we seek is what we are.
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Emotion People Seek
We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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Discover Heart Learning Love Ourselves
In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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End Learning Let Go Live
The 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.
JACK KORNFIELD

Carry Compassionate Grief Heart Hold Honor World Yourself
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.
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Clear Ocean Peace Purity Sky Taste Water
The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
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Betrayal Hate Person Suffering Yourself
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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Errors Forgiveness Life Live Ourselves Success Understand
Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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Awake Breathe Compassionate Freedom Moments Perfection Yourself

The 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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The 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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