Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
JACK KORNFIELDTrain your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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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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Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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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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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.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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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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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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What we seek is what we are.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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