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.
JACK KORNFIELDWhat we seek is what we are.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
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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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Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
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Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it’s not like you’re going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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We need a warrior’s heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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