Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
JACK KORNFIELDAs long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, ‘This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,’ then you can go beyond.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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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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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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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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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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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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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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Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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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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