The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
JACK KORNFIELDAt the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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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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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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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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As long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, ‘This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,’ then you can go beyond.
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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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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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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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