May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
JACK KORNFIELDMay I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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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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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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What we seek is what we are.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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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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Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity, fighting pain, death and loss and hiding from the basic truths of the natural world and of our own nature.
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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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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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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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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