Most of us have spent our lives caught up in plans, expectations, ambitions for the future; in regrets, guilt or shame about the past. To come into the present is to stop the war.
Jack KornfieldRead
Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Self-acceptance is at the core of spiritual life.
This quote emphasizes the significance of self-acceptance in one's spiritual journey. It suggests that understanding and embracing oneself is fundamental to achieving spiritual growth and fulfillment, highlighting that recognizing one's own worth and flaws is essential to inner peace and connection with the divine.
Themes
Self-AcceptanceSpiritualityInner PeaceGrowthSelf-Love
In practice
Example use cases
In a meditation workshop, one might say, 'As Jack Kornfield reminds us, much of spiritual life is self-acceptance.'
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The questions asked at the end of lie are very simple ones: Did I love well? Did I love the people around me, my community, the earth, in a deep way? And perhaps, Did I live fully? Did I offer myself to life?
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We can bring our spiritual practice into the streets, into our communities, when we see each realm as a temple, as a place to discover that which is sacred.
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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.
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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.
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