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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.

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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Mystery
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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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Skill in concentrating and steadying the mind is the basis for all types of meditation.
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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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Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
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Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.
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In this there is no judgment and no blame, for we seek not to perfect the world but to perfect our love for what is on this earth.
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All of spiritual practice is a matter of relationship: to ourselves, to others, to life's situations.
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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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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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Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
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As we step out of the way new things are born.
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Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit, an inviolable consciousness that is born in each of us. It is who we are, and it's everything and it's nothing.
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Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all the ingredients to breathe and find freedom just where you are.
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The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
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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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The near enemy of love is attachment. Attachment masquerades as love. It says, “I will love this person because I need them.” Or, “I’ll love you if you’ll love me back. I’ll love you, but only if you will be the way I want.” This isn’t love at all - it is attachment - and attachment is rigid, it is very different from love.
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...Spiritual opening is not a withdrawal to some imagined realm or safe cave. It is not a pulling away, but a touching of all the experience of life with wisdom and with a heart of kindness, without any separation.
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Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
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Everything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well...In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
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