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.
JACK KORNFIELDNo amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.
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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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Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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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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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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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 of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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