Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
JACK KORNFIELDWe have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
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No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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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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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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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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