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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.

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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All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations.
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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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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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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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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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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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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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Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.
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We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
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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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Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement.
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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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Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.
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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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The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and 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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You awaken your True spirit by way of the broken heart: ragged, vulnerable, fierce and finally compassionate. Chris trod this rough way and shows honestly how it can be done.
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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
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Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
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