What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
JACK KORNFIELDEquanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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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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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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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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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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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
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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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What we seek is what we are.
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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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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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