We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
SHARON SALZBERGAll beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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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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Meditation 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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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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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing from an infinite palette of patterns and hues.
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When 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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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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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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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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