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Jack Kornfield quotes: You have to accept the way things are before you can move on. You have to accept the way things are before you can move on.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Meditation is not a process of getting rid of something, but one of opening and understanding. When Meditation is not a process of getting rid of something, but one of opening and understanding. When
Jack Kornfield quotes: Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding. Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding.
Jack Kornfield quotes: May I be filled with loving-kindness. May I be well. May I be peaceful and at ease. May I be happy. May I be filled with loving-kindness. May I be well. May I be peaceful and at ease. May I be happy.
Jack Kornfield quotes: But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain. But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance or out of confusion and pain.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them. Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.
Jack Kornfield quotes: In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you
Jack Kornfield quotes: There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart. There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Accumulated knots in the fabric of our body, previously undetected, begin to reveal themselves as we open. Accumulated knots in the fabric of our body, previously undetected, begin to reveal themselves as we open.
Jack Kornfield quotes: We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy - material or spiritual. We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy - material or spiritual.
Jack Kornfield quotes: And as to me, I know of nothing else but miracles. WALT WHITMAN And as to me, I know of nothing else but miracles. WALT WHITMAN
Jack Kornfield quotes: Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels. Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties. Love is based on our capacity to trust in a reality beyond fear, to trust a timeless truth bigger than all our difficulties.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The suffering and happiness in our world, both individual and collective, depend on our consciousness. The suffering and happiness in our world, both individual and collective, depend on our consciousness.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future. Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you're knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering? The person who betrayed you is sunning themselves on a beach in Hawaii and you're knotted up in hatred. Who is suffering?
Jack Kornfield quotes: When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves. When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain. Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path with heart Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path with heart
Jack Kornfield quotes: We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart. We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart.
Jack Kornfield quotes: To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting, leads us to that knowing which is timeless. To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting, leads us to that knowing which is timeless.
Jack Kornfield quotes: We are rarely lazy - we are simply afraid. We are rarely lazy - we are simply afraid.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it. Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation. The first level of practice is illuminated by the qualities of courage and renunciation.
Jack Kornfield quotes: 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. 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.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there. Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there.
Jack Kornfield quotes: If we gain something, it was there from the beginning. If we lose anything, it is hidden nearby. If we gain something, it was there from the beginning. If we lose anything, it is hidden nearby.
Jack Kornfield quotes: To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free. To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
Jack Kornfield quotes: There is a web of life into which we are born, from which we can never fall. There is a web of life into which we are born, from which we can never fall.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care. Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well. Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed. Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed.
Jack Kornfield quotes: When we take time to quiet ourselves, we can all sense that our life could be lived with greater compassion and greater weakness. When we take time to quiet ourselves, we can all sense that our life could be lived with greater compassion and greater weakness.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Our belief in a limited and impoverished identity is such a strong habit that without it we are afraid we wouldn't know how to be. Our belief in a limited and impoverished identity is such a strong habit that without it we are afraid we wouldn't know how to be.
Jack Kornfield quotes: As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give? As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give?
Jack Kornfield quotes: To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own. To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
Jack Kornfield quotes: In this world, hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is the ancient and eternal law. In this world, hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is the ancient and eternal law.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting. Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.
Jack Kornfield quotes: When we are lost in delusion, it's hard to see even the most obvious truths. When we are lost in delusion, it's hard to see even the most obvious truths.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart. Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The light around someone who speaks truth, who consistently acts with compassion for all, even in great difficulty, is visible to all around them. The light around someone who speaks truth, who consistently acts with compassion for all, even in great difficulty, is visible to all around them.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding.
Jack Kornfield quotes: It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us. It is the place of feeling that binds us or frees us.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose. Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration. Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Skill in concentrating and steadying the mind is the basis for all types of meditation. Skill in concentrating and steadying the mind is the basis for all types of meditation.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything. Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are moments when we touch one another The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are moments when we touch one another
Jack Kornfield quotes: It is our commitment to wholeness that matters, the willingness to unfold in every deep aspect of our being. It is our commitment to wholeness that matters, the willingness to unfold in every deep aspect of our being.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind. Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind.
Jack Kornfield quotes: To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else. To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness. Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness.
Jack Kornfield quotes: We need to learn how to honor and use a practice for as long as it serves us. We need to learn how to honor and use a practice for as long as it serves us.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf. The waves do keep coming, so learn to surf.
Jack Kornfield quotes: When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing. When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.
Jack Kornfield quotes: It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist. It's much better to become a Buddha than a Buddhist.
Jack Kornfield quotes: When we clearly realize that the source of disharmony and misery in the world is ignorance, we can open the door of wisdom and compassion. When we clearly realize that the source of disharmony and misery in the world is ignorance, we can open the door of wisdom and compassion.
Jack Kornfield quotes: wisdom? As the Zen texts explain, "To live in trusting wisdom? As the Zen texts explain, "To live in trusting
Jack Kornfield quotes: In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart. In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love. The basic principle of spiritual life is that our problems become the very place to discover wisdom and love.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth. The way I treat my body is not disconnected from the way I treat my family or the commitment I have to peace on our earth.
Jack Kornfield quotes: If you expect your life to be up and down, your mind will be much more peaceful. If you expect your life to be up and down, your mind will be much more peaceful.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Every individual in the world has a unique contribution. Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
Jack Kornfield quotes: A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance ... A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance ...
Jack Kornfield quotes: Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts. Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
Jack Kornfield quotes: There is no higher happiness than peace. There is no higher happiness than peace.
Jack Kornfield quotes: What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now? What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?
Jack Kornfield quotes: Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be. Our ideas of self are created by identification. The less we cling to ideas of self, the freer and happier we will be.
Jack Kornfield quotes: What we seek is what we are. What we seek is what we are.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears. Anger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to. The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful. Do not doubt your own basic goodness. In spite of all confusion and fear, you are born with a heart that knows what is just, loving, and beautiful.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The wholeness and freedom we seek is our true nature, who we really are. The wholeness and freedom we seek is our true nature, who we really are.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Trying to hold onto "how it was" will only create suffering and disappointment, because life is a river and everything changes. Trying to hold onto "how it was" will only create suffering and disappointment, because life is a river and everything changes.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Every individual has a unique contribution. Every individual has a unique contribution.
Jack Kornfield quotes: It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life. It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
Jack Kornfield quotes: We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything. We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything. The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything.
Jack Kornfield quotes: There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom. There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things. Compassion is our deepest nature. It arises from our interconnection with all things.
Jack Kornfield quotes: As we step out of the way new things are born. As we step out of the way new things are born.
Jack Kornfield quotes: May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that. May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.
Jack Kornfield quotes: To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life
Jack Kornfield quotes: Life without forgiveness is unbearable. Life without forgiveness is unbearable.
Jack Kornfield quotes: As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home. As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom. Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind. The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement ... Those who are Awake live in a state of constant amazement ...
Jack Kornfield quotes: According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life. According to Buddhist scriptures, compassion is the "quivering of the pure heart" when we have allowed ourselves to be touched by the pain of life.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind? Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
Jack Kornfield quotes: Samadhi doesn't just come of itself; it takes practice. Samadhi doesn't just come of itself; it takes practice.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The trouble is that you think you have time. The trouble is that you think you have time.
Jack Kornfield quotes: We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life. We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched. Knowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
Jack Kornfield quotes: To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit.
Jack Kornfield quotes: Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life. Gratitude is confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life.
Jack Kornfield quotes: A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body. A factor that greatly supports the opening of energy in practice is exercise and care of the physical body.
Jack Kornfield quotes: The work of your heart, the work of taking time, to listen, to help, is also your gift to the whole of the world The work of your heart, the work of taking time, to listen, to help, is also your gift to the whole of the world
Jack Kornfield quotes: Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity. Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.

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