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    Summary of Jack Kornfield's A Path with Heart
    Summary of Jack Kornfield's A Path with Heart
    Summary of Jack Kornfield's A Path with Heart
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    Summary of Jack Kornfield's A Path with Heart

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    #1 I returned to America in 1972 as a Buddhist monk. I had been studying in Asia for five years, and when I returned, I wanted to see how it would be to live as a monk in America, even if for only a short while.

    #2 I grew up in a scientific and intellectual household, but was still unhappy. I turned to the East to find happiness, and I began practice at a Thai forest monastery led by the young but later quite famous master Achaan Chah.

    #3 I have had many spiritual experiences over the years, but my practice is not about ascending the chakras but descending them. I have found myself working my way down the chakras rather than up them.

    #4 I had used my mind in meditation to suppress painful feelings, but I had little skills for dealing with my emotions or engaging on an emotional level. I had to shift my practice down the chakras from the mind to the heart. I began a long and difficult process of reclaiming my emotions, bringing awareness and understanding to my patterns of relationship, and learning how to feel my feelings.

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    Release dateMar 22, 2022
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      Insights on Jack Kornfield's A Path with Heart

      Contents

      Insights from Chapter 1

      Insights from Chapter 2

      Insights from Chapter 3

      Insights from Chapter 4

      Insights from Chapter 5

      Insights from Chapter 6

      Insights from Chapter 7

      Insights from Chapter 8

      Insights from Chapter 9

      Insights from Chapter 10

      Insights from Chapter 11

      Insights from Chapter 12

      Insights from Chapter 13

      Insights from Chapter 14

      Insights from Chapter 15

      Insights from Chapter 16

      Insights from Chapter 17

      Insights from Chapter 18

      Insights from Chapter 19

      Insights from Chapter 20

      Insights from Chapter 21

      Insights from Chapter 22

      Insights from Chapter 23

      Insights from Chapter 24

      Insights from Chapter 25

      Insights from Chapter 26

      Insights from Chapter 1

      #1

      I returned to America in 1972 as a Buddhist monk. I had been studying in Asia for five years, and when I returned, I wanted to see how it would be to live as a monk in America, even if for only a short while.

      #2

      I grew up in a scientific and intellectual household, but was still unhappy. I turned to the East to find happiness, and I began practice at a Thai forest monastery led by the young but later quite famous master Achaan Chah.

      #3

      I have had many spiritual experiences over the years, but my practice is not about ascending the chakras but descending them. I have found myself working my way down the chakras rather than up them.

      #4

      I had used my mind in meditation to suppress painful feelings, but I had little skills for dealing with my emotions or engaging on an emotional level. I had to shift my practice down the chakras from the mind to the heart. I began a long and difficult process of reclaiming my emotions, bringing awareness and understanding to my patterns of relationship, and learning how to feel my feelings.

      #5

      As I have worked my way down the chakras, I have come to understand and appreciate the importance of every aspect of my life in my spiritual practice. Only then can spirituality be integrated into my life.

      #6

      The need to include spiritual life in treatment and therapy is beginning to be recognized by the mental health profession. However, the spirituality must be grounded in personal experience. For the reader who wants to learn firsthand, chapters throughout this book offer a series of traditional practices and contemporary meditations.

      #7

      The universal must be wedded to the personal to be fulfilled in our spiritual life. We are human beings, and the human gate to the sacred is our own body, heart, and mind, the history from which we’ve come, and the closest relationships and circumstances of our life.

      Insights from Chapter 2

      #1

      When we ask ourselves if we are following a path with heart, we must examine the values we have chosen to live by. We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration, or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value.

      #2

      The astronauts who went into space realized the preciousness of all life. We must bring our full attention to life to see the preciousness of all things. As the qualities of presence and simplicity begin to permeate more and more of our life, our inner love for the earth and all beings begins to express itself.

      #3

      To live a path with heart, we must allow the flavor of goodness to permeate our life. When we bring full attention to our acts, when we express our love and see the preciousness of life, the quality of goodness in us grows.

      #4

      Letting go is a central theme in spiritual practice, as we see the preciousness and brevity of life. We must learn to let go and allow the changing mystery of life to move through us without fearing it.

      #5

      When we are faced with a shock, we must connect with our path. We must ask ourselves what matters to us in the way we are living. We must reflect on our lives and ask ourselves

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