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We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of discomfort or pain is an important part of meditation practice, because it is one of the very first things that we open to as our practice develops.
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Taking the one seat describes two related aspects of spiritual work. Outwardly, it means selecting one practice and teacher among all the possibilities, and inwardly, it means having the determination to stick with that practice through whatever difficulties and doubts arise until you have come to true clarity and understanding.
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What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?
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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
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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 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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Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past.
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We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go.
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This life is a test-it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do. Remember, this life is only a test.
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Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.
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True love is not for the faint-hearted.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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With growing awareness, you can see where you're caught or where you suffer or where you create suffering. You can then turn toward the difficulties that arise in your life with compassion, bow, and say, these too are part of human incarnation.
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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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We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
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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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To bow to the fact of our life's sorrows and betrayals is to accept them and from this deep gesture we discover that all life is workable. As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine.
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Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path with heart
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The trouble is that you think you have time.
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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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