“ In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion. Jack Kornfield
“ If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation; it is impossible for the heart… Jack Kornfield
“ Skill in concentrating and steadying the mind is the basis for all types of meditation. Jack Kornfield
“ There are several different kinds of painful feelings that we might experience, and learning to distinguish and relate to these feelings of discomfort or pain is an important part of meditation practi… Jack Kornfield
“ Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there. Jack Kornfield
“ Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels. Jack Kornfield
“ Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim—arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object. Jack Kornfield
“ To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free. Jack Kornfield
“ In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and on this earth. Jack Kornfield
“ To learn to concentrate we must choose a prayer or meditation and follow this path with commitment and steadiness, a willingness to work with our practice day after day, no matter what arises. Jack Kornfield
“ The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide. Jack Kornfield
“ Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration. Jack Kornfield
“ No amount of meditation, yoga, diet, and reflection will make all of our problems go away, but we can transform our difficulties into our practice until little by little they guide us on our way. 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
“ Love creates a communion with life. Love expands us, connects us, sweetens us, ennobles us.Love springs up in tender concern, it blossoms into caring action. It makes beauty out of all we touch. In an… Jack Kornfield
“ If you put a spoonful of saltin a cup of waterit tastes very salty.If you put a spoonful of saltin a lake of fresh waterthe taste is still pure and clear.Peace comes when our hearts areopen like the s… Jack Kornfield
“ Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well. Jack Kornfield
“ 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. Jack Kornfield
“ In our charade with ourselves we pretend that our war is not really war. We have changed the name of the War Department to the Defense Department and call a whole class of nuclear missiles Peace Keepe… Jack Kornfield
