Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
JACK KORNFIELDNobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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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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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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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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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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It 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.
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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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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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