Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to 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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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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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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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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.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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What we seek is what we are.
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We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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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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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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We can always begin again.
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To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
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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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