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.
JACK KORNFIELDEquanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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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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As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.
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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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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 things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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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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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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