Quotes by Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

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When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
In our charade with ourselves we pretend that our war is not really war. We have changed the name of the War Department — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep t — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you exp — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our diff — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration. — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used w — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
To learn to concentrate we must choose a prayer or meditation and follow this path with commitment and steadiness, a wil — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment i — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion. — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
True emptiness is not empty, but contains all things. The mysterious and pregnant void creates and reflects all possibil — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will, but organically, th — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to o — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
When the stories of our life no longer bind us, we discover within them something greater. We discover that within the v — Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life