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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.
Jack Kornfield
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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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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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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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Of course, you play the game of life because you got to be incarnated.
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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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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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