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Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.

Sharon Salzberg

Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.
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Anger Compassion Feeling Honesty Ourselves Pain View
Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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Existence Love Philosophy
Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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Faith Freedom Growth Mindset Wisdom
When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
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Deep Different Philosophy
The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can’t bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.
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Afraid Art Experience Feeling
Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta ﬂows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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Change Freedom Water
People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.
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Bad Break Decision Disappointment Goodness People
Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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Discover Kill Nature Ourselves Simplicity
Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.
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Ability Connection Need Ourselves
Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.
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Attention Silence Sound Training Voice
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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Imagination Inspirational Power Yourself
The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
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Confidence Ourselves Truth Understand
With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize our common humanity with others and see that real love excludes no one.
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Experience Freedom Humanity Joy Spirit Willing
Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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Moments See
You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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Love Person Self Love Worth
With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Attachment Desire Existence

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