Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
JACK KORNFIELDThe only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
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We each need to make our lion’s roar – to persevere with unshakable courage when faced with all manner of doubts and sorrows and fears – to declare our right to awaken.
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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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Spiritual life doesn’t make you a good person; you ARE a good person, you are a holy being when you are born. What spiritual life does is remind us that this is who we really are.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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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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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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What we seek is what we are.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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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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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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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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