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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
Jack Kornfield
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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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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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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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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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Nirvana manifests as ease, as love, as connectedness, as generosity, as clarity, as unshakable freedom. This isn’t watering down nirvana. This is the reality of liberation that we can experience, sometimes in a moment and sometimes in transformative ways that change our entire life
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In the crystal of the awakened consciousness, one facet is love.
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In any moment we can learn to let go of hatred and fear. We can rest in peace, love, and forgiveness. It is never too late. Yet to sustain love we need to develop practices that cultivate and strengthen the natural compassion within us.
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Every facet, every department of your mind, is to be programmed by you. And unless you assume your rightful responsibility, and begin to program your own mind, the world will program it for you.
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Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.
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To become mindful … present … is really the invitation to work with the joys and the sorrows of the world, and to do so with this gift, this capacity of loving awareness, of attention that actually can be present for the whole dance.
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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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For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually otherwise our spirituality can become idealistic and imitative, acting out the image of generosity before it has become genuine.
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Use whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
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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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In this world there are two great sources of strength. One rests with those who are not afraid to kill. The other rests with those who are not afraid to love.
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The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise naturally and spontaneously. Where we once sought strength over others, now our strength becomes our own where we once sought to defend ourselves, we laugh.
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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
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