Abiding faith does not depend on borrowed concepts. Rather, it is the magnetic force of a bone-deep, lived understanding, one that draws us to realize our ideals, walk our talk,and act in accord with what we know to be true.
SHARON SALZBERGWhen you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn’t matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades.
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Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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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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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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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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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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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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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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For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for most of us), the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.
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