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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.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
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In the crystal of the awakened consciousness, one facet is love.
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It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.
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As we step out of the way new things are born.
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The independence and rebelliousness of our adolescence offer us yet another quality essential to our practice the insistence that we find out the truth for ourselves, accepting no one's word above our own experience.
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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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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
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What we seek is what we are.
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The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise naturally and spontaneously. Where we once sought strength over others, now our strength becomes our own where we once sought to defend ourselves, we laugh.
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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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In this there is no judgment and no blame, for we seek not to perfect the world but to perfect our love for what is on this earth.
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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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No one knows how this world came into being. It is a creation of consciousness itself. It's extraordinary, a mystery.
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What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of our path, if it is music, if it is conversation...we must follow what brings us alive.
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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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