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.
JACK KORNFIELDPart 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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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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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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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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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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We can always begin again.
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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
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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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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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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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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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