In this softly illuminated story, Jack shares a Zen love story with a path of mindful existence that brings us to our home, from the story of the mind to the truth of the mind. Through embodied consciousness, we discover that the end of exile begins with loving what is here and there.
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“The end of exile is to go through the mind and see all the stories of what happens and what happens. – Jack Cornfield
In this week’s mental wisdom, Jack contemplates with his heart: “one taste” of freedom and spiritual pasdharma freedom is a solid release of mind, and being here in the past, the future and now is a dream quality. Mindfulness and your body and emotions, including all parts of yourself, cultivate “mindfulness of the mind”, forgive its stories while looking at the heart, rest in our lives on the story and poems of the mind at the end of exile, find true kindness by accepting sadness
“The past will disappear, the future is not here yet. There is this Evanescent present moment where everything is here. – Jack Cornfield
Recorded in a desert hideaway on April 5, 1993, this Dharma lecture was originally published in Dharmaseed. Photo via Wosunan about Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk K in monasteries in Thailand, India and Burma, and studied as a Buddhist monk K under Master Ben. Ajaan Cha and Ben. Mahashi Sayado. He has been teaching meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers introducing Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, along with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein, and the Spirit Rock Center in Hoddacle, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and have sold over a million copies.
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“The Real Cone: Who is your true self?” – Jack Cornfield
