In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
JACK KORNFIELDLive in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
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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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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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We can always begin again.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
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We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.
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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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