Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
JACK KORNFIELDSince 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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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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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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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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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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It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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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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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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