It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can’t close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
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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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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 matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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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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Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically, through understanding an gradual training.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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