Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
JACK KORNFIELDEach moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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 do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
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When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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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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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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A second quality of mature spirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.
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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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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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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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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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