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.
JACK KORNFIELDThe only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity, fighting pain, death and loss and hiding from the basic truths of the natural world and of our own nature.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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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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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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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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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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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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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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