Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
JACK KORNFIELD
The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
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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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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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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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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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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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