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All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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With growing awareness, you can see where you're caught or where you suffer or where you create suffering. You can then turn toward the difficulties that arise in your life with compassion, bow, and say, these too are part of human incarnation.
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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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Through practice, gently and gradually we can collect ourselves and learn how to be more fully with what we do.
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Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
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