Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settli…

Jack Kornfield
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Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there. ✨ Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield (2001). Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation, p.23, Shambhala Publications
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Meditation practice is neither holding on nor avoiding; it is a settling back into the moment, opening to what is there. ✨ Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield (2001). Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation, p.23, Shambhala Publications

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