Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
JACK KORNFIELDWe have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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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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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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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.
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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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Equanimity 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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Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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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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It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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