Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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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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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.
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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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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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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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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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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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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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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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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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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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