As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.
JACK KORNFIELDMeet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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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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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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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 basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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