True love is not for the faint-hearted.
JACK KORNFIELDTo 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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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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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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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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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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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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.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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