To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDIf you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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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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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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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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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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