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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.

Jack Kornfield

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
JACK KORNFIELD

Compassionate Incomplete Yourself
We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
JACK KORNFIELD

Heart Pain Warrior
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.
JACK KORNFIELD

Body Commitment Earth
To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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Attention Aware Life Ourselves See
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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Carry Compassionate Grief Heart Hold Honor World Yourself
There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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Holy Moments People Place Wisdom
Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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Attention Body Healing Human Remember
Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
JACK KORNFIELD

Heal Medicine Philosophy
The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
JACK KORNFIELD

Basic Life Love Ourselves Place Principle Problem Spiritual Wisdom
You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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Community Forget Need
In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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End Forgiveness Heart Ourselves Person Simplicity
Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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Beginning End Peace Yourself
Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Forgiveness Life Unbearable
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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Born Goodness Life Person Reminder Spiritual Yourself
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.
JACK KORNFIELD

Inspirational Long Mind
The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
JACK KORNFIELD

Learn Surf Wave

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