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With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Mindfulness
Observe
Balance
Learning
Powerful
Way

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When our identity expands to include everything, we find a peace with the dance of the world. The ocean of life rises and falls within us - birth and death, joy and pain, it is all ours, and our heart is full and empty, large enough to embrace it all.
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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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The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.
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We have so many ideas and beliefs about ourselves. We told ourselves story about what we want and who we are, smart or kind. Often these are the unexamined and limited ideas of others that we have internalized and then gone on to life out.
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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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To meditate is to discover new possibilities, to awaken the capacities of us has to live more wisely, more lovingly, more compassionately, and more fully.
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Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.
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As we follow a genuine path of practice, our sufferings may seem to increase because we no longer hide from them or from ourselves. When we do not follow the old habits of fantasy and escape, we are left facing the actual problems and contradictions of our 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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When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity.
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The light around someone who speaks truth, who consistently acts with compassion for all, even in great difficulty, is visible to all around them.
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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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An honorable spiritual practice recognizes the losses we have suffered, tells our story, and sheds our tears to free us from the past.
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If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
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The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding.
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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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Every individual has a unique contribution.
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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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According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the quivering of the pure heart when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life.
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It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.
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