Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

-Jack Kornfield

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 is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Only in this moment can we discover that which is timeless. Only here can we find the love that we seek. Love in the past is simply memory, and love in the future is fantasy. Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

Jack Kornfield

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 is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Only in this moment can we discover that which is timeless. Only here can we find the love that we seek. Love in the past is simply memory, and love in the future is fantasy. Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

Jack Kornfield

True emptiness is not empty, but contains all things. The mysterious and pregnant void creates and reflects all possibilities. From it arises our individuality, which can be discovered and developed, although never possessed or fixed.

A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

Jack Kornfield

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 is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Only in this moment can we discover that which is timeless. Only here can we find the love that we seek. Love in the past is simply memory, and love in the future is fantasy. Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

Jack Kornfield

There are many ways up the mountain, but each of us must choose a practice that feels true to his own heart.

Jack Kornfield

Our time is too precious not to love.

Jack Kornfield, The Art of Forgiveness, LovingKindness, and Peace

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 is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Only in this moment can we discover that which is timeless. Only here can we find the love that we seek. Love in the past is simply memory, and love in the future is fantasy. Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

Jack Kornfield

Practice, to begin within this seat of awakening, is just to bow to what happens and say, ‘Ah yes, this too,’ and feel your breath breathing itself in the midst of it all.

~Jack Kornfield, from "Heart Wisdom – Ep. 54 – The Seat of Awakening" (via Be Hear Now Network & Make Believe Boutique)

"Al final, son tres las cosas que importan, cómo hemos vivido, cómo hemos amado y cómo hemos aprendido a dejar ir."

Jack Kornfield

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

“L'indifferenza

è un modo sbagliato

di difenderci.”

— Jack Kornfield

From “The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace” by Jack Kornfield

"Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control." Jack Kornfield

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 is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice. Only in this moment can we discover that which is timeless. Only here can we find the love that we seek. Love in the past is simply memory, and love in the future is fantasy. Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

Jack Kornfield