We can always begin again.
JACK KORNFIELD
To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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We can always begin again.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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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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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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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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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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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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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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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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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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