Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
SHARON SALZBERGMeditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
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Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others.
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The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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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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It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.
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When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
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Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.
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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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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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All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or loving & kindness.
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Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
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The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
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To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
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The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
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