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.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
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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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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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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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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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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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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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Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
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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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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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