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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.

Jack Kornfield

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.
JACK KORNFIELD

Battle End Heart Let Go Open Practice Present Spiritual
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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Control Illusion Peace Surrender
The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Heart Know Mind
The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
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Betrayal Hate Person Suffering Yourself
There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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Holy Moments People Place Wisdom
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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Errors Forgiveness Life Live Ourselves Success Understand
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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Animal Body Spiritual
Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Hate Joy Live
In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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End Forgiveness Heart Ourselves Person Simplicity
To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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Attention Aware Life Ourselves See
Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Bear Forgiveness Life
Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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Born Philosophy Spiritual
Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
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Expectation Guilt Live Ourselves Past Planning Regret Shame Stop War
Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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Belief Limit Stuck
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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Fantastic Intimate Live Moments Oneself Togetherness Touch
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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Basic Beautiful Born Doubt Goodness Love Yourself

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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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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