Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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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Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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We can always begin again.
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You need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
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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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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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As 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.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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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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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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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.
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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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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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