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A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body.
Jack Kornfield
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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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The near enemy of love is attachment. Attachment masquerades as love. It says, “I will love this person because I need them.” Or, “I’ll love you if you’ll love me back. I’ll love you, but only if you will be the way I want.” This isn’t love at all - it is attachment - and attachment is rigid, it is very different from love.
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At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and 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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It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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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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Indifference pretends to create peace, but it is based on not caring, a silent resignation. It is a movement away, a separation fed by a subtle fear of the heart. We pull back, believing that what happens to others is not our concern. Our courage leaves us. Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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