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We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much.

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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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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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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We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.
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Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.
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This life is a test-it is only a test. If it had been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do. Remember, this life is only a test.
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If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation it is impossible for the heart to open.
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Know that the freedom you seek can be found right here where you are.
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One of the essential tasks for living a wise life is letting go. Letting go is the path to freedom. It is only by letting go of the hopes, the fears, the pain, the past, the stories that have a hold on us that we can quiet our mind and open our heart.
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It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.
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Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.
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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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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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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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When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present - our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love - everything that moves us most deeply.
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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
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Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
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Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration.
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When we take time to quiet ourselves, we can all sense that our life could be lived with greater compassion and greater weakness.
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Expressing gratitude to our benefactors is a natural form of love. In fact, some people find loving kindness for themselves so hard, they begin their practice with a benefactor. This too is fine. The rule in loving kindness practice is to follow the way that most easily opens your heart.
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