We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
JACK KORNFIELDTo live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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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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It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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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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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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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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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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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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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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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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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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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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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 quieting of our mind is a political act.
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