Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
JACK KORNFIELDOurs is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity, fighting pain, death and loss and hiding from the basic truths of the natural world and of our own nature.
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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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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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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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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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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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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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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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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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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