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.
JACK KORNFIELDAttention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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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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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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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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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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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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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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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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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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