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To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Insight
Meditation
Point
Free
Understand
Life

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Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit, an inviolable consciousness that is born in each of us. It is who we are, and it's everything and it's nothing.
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The trouble is that you think you have time.
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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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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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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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There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of discomfort or pain is an important part of meditation practice, because it is one of the very first things that we open to as our practice develops.
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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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Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.
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Refraining from stealing: care with material goods. Undertake for one week to act on every single thought of generosity that arises spontaneously in your heart.
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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
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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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Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim—arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object.
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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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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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There are many good forms of meditation practice. A good meditation practice is any one that develops awareness or mindfulness of our body and our sense, of our mind and heart.
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Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path with heart
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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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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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Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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