Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
JACK KORNFIELDIt 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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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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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No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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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 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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