No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
JACK KORNFIELDAt the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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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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The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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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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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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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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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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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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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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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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