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.
JACK KORNFIELDWe need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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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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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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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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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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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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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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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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Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
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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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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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