Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
JACK KORNFIELDMost 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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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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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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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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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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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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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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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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We can always begin again.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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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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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 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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No 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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