Jack Kornfield Quotes About Warrior
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We need courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. But the place for this warrior strength is in the heart. We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy-mate rial or spiritual. 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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I used to think that to become free you had to practice like a samurai warrior, but now I understand that you have to practice like a devoted mother of a newborn child. It takes the same energy but has a completely different quality. It's compassion and presence rather than having to defeat the enemy in battle.
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To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit.
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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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