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

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

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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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In the crystal of the awakened consciousness, one facet is love.
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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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Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.
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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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Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well...In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?
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Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be.
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Love creates a communion with life. Love expands us, connects us, sweetens us, ennobles us. Love springs up in tender concern, it blossoms into caring action. It makes beauty out of all we touch. In any moment we can step beyond our small self and embrace each other as beloved parts of a whole.
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