Ep. 175 – Intention to Awaken
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
I Will Not Get Up From This Seat Until I Discover That Freedom
This practice of attention is learning to bring ourselves fully, body, heart, mind, our whole being into life so that we can live fully and die fully. And this is what the Buddha found when he set that intention the night of enlightenment. What an intention. I won't get up until I find that freedom. When you awaken as the Buddha did, you discover that freedom that was always there, that is your birthright. Your true nature is freedom. It is. But then we forget it. That's why they say today's satori is tomorrow's mistake. You can't hold on to the enlightenment of today. It has to be one enlightened moment, one awakening after
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