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A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield — WisdomDeck honest review
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A Path with Heart

by Jack Kornfield

Kornfield's guide to the spiritual life: meditation instructions, the difficulties, the role of the body, psychotherapy and practice, teachers, community. Warm, comprehensive and widely loved.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Does this path have heart?
  2. Expect difficulty; it is the path.
  3. Did I love well? Did I live fully? Did I learn to let go?

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