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Know that the freedom you seek can be found right here where you are.

Jack Kornfield

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Jack Kornfield
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: July 16
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Psychologist
Writer
the United States of America
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Freedom
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We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
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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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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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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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To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life
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The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.
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Every individual has a unique contribution.
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Yet I knew that spiritual practice is impossible without great dedication, energy, and commitment.
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The light around someone who speaks truth, who consistently acts with compassion for all, even in great difficulty, is visible to all around them.
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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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Love creates a communion with life. Love expands us, connects us, sweetens us, ennobles us. Love springs up in tender concern, it blossoms into caring action. It makes beauty out of all we touch. In any moment we can step beyond our small self and embrace each other as beloved parts of a whole.
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Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice.
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You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
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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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The emotional wisdom of the heart is simple. When we accept our human feelings, a remarkable transformation occurs. Tenderness and wisdom arise naturally and spontaneously. Where we once sought strength over others, now our strength becomes our own where we once sought to defend ourselves, we laugh.
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To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.
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Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
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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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Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
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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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