The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
JACK KORNFIELDThe purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically, through understanding an gradual training.
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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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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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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.
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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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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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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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Within each of us there is a silence as vast as the universe. We long for it. We can return to it.
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