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The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Level
Courage
Levels
Quality
Practice
Firsts
Illuminated
First
Renunciation
Qualities

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We can struggle with what is. We can judge and blame others or ourselves. Or we can accept what cannot be changed. Peace comes from an honorable and open heart accepting what is true. Do we want to remain stuck? Or to release the fearful sense of self and rest kindly where we are?
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Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.
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When repeated difficulties do arise, our first spiritual approach is to acknowledge what is present, naming, softly saying 'sadness, sadness', or 'remembering, remembering', or whatever.
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When we feel anger toward someone, we can consider that they are a being just like us, who has faced much suffering in life.
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A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body.
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Know that the freedom you seek can be found right here where you are.
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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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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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It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
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What we seek is what we are.
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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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Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
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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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Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding.
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You awaken your True spirit by way of the broken heart: ragged, vulnerable, fierce and finally compassionate. Chris trod this rough way and shows honestly how it can be done.
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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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