We can always begin again.
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.
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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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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
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The 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.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
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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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The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
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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.
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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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We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.
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To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
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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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