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It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
Author
Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
Binds
Feeling
Feelings
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Frees

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Indifference pretends to create peace, but it is based on not caring, a silent resignation. It is a movement away, a separation fed by a subtle fear of the heart. We pull back, believing that what happens to others is not our concern. Our courage leaves us. Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
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What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?
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The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically, through understanding an gradual training.
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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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Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.
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There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
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The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind.
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The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.
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The best of modern therapy is much like a process of shared meditation, where therapist and client sit together, learning to pay close attention to those aspects and dimensions of the self that the client may be unable to touch on his or her own.
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How did we get into this funny-looking body that has a hole at one end in which we regularly stuff dead plants and animals? It's bizarre that we got here, incarnated into this world with these bodies.
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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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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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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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It is true that the heart has its seasons, just as a flower opens to the sunlight and closes to the night. We need to be respectful of those rhythms. But we can't close down for long. It is our true nature to have an open heart.
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To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
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Through practice, gently and gradually we can collect ourselves and learn how to be more fully with what we do.
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We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?
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It is possible to speak with our heart directly. Most ancient cultures know this. We can actually converse with our heart as if it were a good friend. In modern life we have become so busy with our daily affairs and thoughts that we have lost this essential art of taking time to converse with our heart.
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