Ours 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.
JACK KORNFIELDWisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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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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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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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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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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We can always begin again.
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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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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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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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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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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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