Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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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 heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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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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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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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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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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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 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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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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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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