True love is not for the faint-hearted.
JACK KORNFIELDMay you know the beauty of your own true nature.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you’re knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
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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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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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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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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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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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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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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 that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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