The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
JACK KORNFIELDThe basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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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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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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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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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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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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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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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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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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