Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
JACK KORNFIELDLet 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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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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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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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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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 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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What we seek is what we are.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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