May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
JACK KORNFIELDMuch of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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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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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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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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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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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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