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 KORNFIELDWe do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
More Jack Kornfield Quotes
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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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The quieting of our mind is a political act.
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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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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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In deep self acceptance, grows a compassionate understanding.
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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Buddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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What we seek is what we are.
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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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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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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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Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
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