A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
JACK KORNFIELDEquanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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What we seek is what we are.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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