As we willingly enter each place of fear, each place of deficiency and insecurity in ourselves, we will discover that its walls are made of untruths, of old images of ourselves, of ancient fears, of false ideas of what is pure and what is not.
JACK KORNFIELDThe way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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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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We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
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…Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching of all the experience of life with wisdom and with a heart of kindness, without any separation.
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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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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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The grief we carry is part of the grief of the world. Hold it gently. Let it be honored. You do not have to keep it in anymore. You can let go into the heart of compassion; you can weep.
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What we seek is what we are.
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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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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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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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