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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.
Jack Kornfield
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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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The best of modern therapy is much like a process of shared meditation, where therapist and client sit together, learning to pay close attention to those aspects and dimensions of the self that the client may be unable to touch on his or her own.
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