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We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.

Sharon Salzberg

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
All 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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Happiness Ignorance Ourselves Philosophy Suffering
We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.
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Destruction Different Old Young
We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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Ability Worth
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Compassion Improvement Patience Power
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Fight Philosophy
Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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Compassion Love Spiritual
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
We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Easy Greatness Life Light Ourselves
When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow.
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Acceptance Disappointment Experience Goodness Growth Learning Opportunity
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
Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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Pain Practice Self Love Suffering Time
For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
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Connection Love Peace Reflection Simplicity
With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Attachment Desire Existence
Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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Appearance Kindness
Let the breath lead the way.
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Breathe One Liner

We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.

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