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.
JACK KORNFIELDBuddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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May you know the beauty of your own true nature.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
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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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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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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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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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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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In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
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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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The awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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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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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.
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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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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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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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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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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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Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.
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