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As we step out of the way new things are born.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Psychologist
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the United States of America
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Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life.
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The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
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Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.
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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation it is impossible for the heart to open.
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Every individual has a unique contribution.
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When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present - our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love - everything that moves us most deeply.
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What we seek is what we are.
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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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Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
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Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions create problems. Considered responses bring peace. With a peaceful heart whatever happens can be met with wisdom...Peace is not weak it is unshakable.
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Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration.
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As long as you are trying to be something other than what you actually are, your mind wears itself out. But if you say, 'This is what I am, it is a fact that I am going to investigate and understand,' then you can go beyond.
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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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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our 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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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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