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Jack Kornfield Quotes

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When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self - judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) 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  (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  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) There are many ways up the mountain and each of us must choose a practice that feels true to our heart  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else  (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  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) We need a warrior's heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities  (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  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) Where we tended to be judgmental, we became more judgmental of ourselves in our spiritual practice  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and on this earth  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) To learn to concentrate we must choose a prayer or meditation and follow this path with commitment and steadiness, a willingness to work with our practice day after day, no matter what arises  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?  (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  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) There are many good forms of meditation practice. A good meditation practice is any one that develops awareness or mindfulness of our body and our sense, of our mind and heart  (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  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) To meditate is to discover new possibilities, to awaken the capacities of us has to live more wisely, more lovingly, more compassionately, and more fully  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) 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  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) Most people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give?  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) When we let go of yearning for the future, preoccupation with the past, and strategies to protect the present, there is nowhere left to go but where we are. To connect with the present moment is to begin to appreciate the beauty of true simplicity  (Jack Kornfield Quotes) If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean  (Jack Kornfield Quotes)
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