When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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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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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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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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What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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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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As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.
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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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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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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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