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To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.

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The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

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In a society that almost demands life at double time, speed and addictions numb us to our own experience. In such a society, it is almost impossible to settle into our bodies or stay connected with our hearts, let alone connect with one another or the earth where we live.

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Once we see that everything is impermanent and ungraspable and that we create a huge amount of suffering if we are attached to things staying the same, we realize that relaxing and letting go is a wiser way to live. Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.

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To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.

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It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced to carry the sufferings of the past and repeat them with no release.

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Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?

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We need a warrior's heart that lets us face our lives directly, our pains and limitations, our joys and possibilities.

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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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To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one.

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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.

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Finding a way to extend forgiveness to ourselves is one of our most essential tasks. Just as others have been caught in suffering, so have we. If we look honestly at our life, we can see the sorrows and pain that have led to our own wrongdoing. In this we can finally extend forgiveness to ourselves; we can hold the pain we have caused in compassion. Without such mercy, we will live our own life in exile.

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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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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.

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