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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.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Way
Honestly
Trod
Finally
Ragged
Broken
Chris
Spirit
Awaken
Shows
Fierce
True
Compassionate
Done
Rough
Heart
Vulnerable

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Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past.
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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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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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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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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.
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We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
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Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.
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As we step out of the way new things are born.
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True emptiness is not empty, but contains all things. The mysterious and pregnant void creates and reflects all possibilities. From it arises our individuality, which can be discovered and developed, although never possessed or fixed.
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