Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
JACK KORNFIELDTo understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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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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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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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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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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We can always begin again.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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When we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
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