You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
JACK KORNFIELDThe only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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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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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
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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.
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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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