…Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching of all the experience of life with wisdom and with a heart of kindness, without any separation.
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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The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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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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If 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.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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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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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
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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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What we seek is what we 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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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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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation we must follow what brings us alive.
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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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