The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
JACK KORNFIELDLetting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
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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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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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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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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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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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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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