Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
JACK KORNFIELDTo live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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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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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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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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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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We can always begin again.
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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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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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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 awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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