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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.

Sharon Salzberg

If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.
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Attention Material Ourselves World
We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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Experience Mindset
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.
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Act Faith Force Ideal True Understand Walk
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
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
Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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Appearance Kindness
Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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Existence Love Philosophy
over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind.
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Forget Kindness Love Ourselves Time Unity
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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Attention Direction Kindness Strength
Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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Moments See
Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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Attention Inspirational Yourself
While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
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End Happiness Mind Right
We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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Courage Deep Learning Live Need Past
We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.
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Forget Forgiveness Simplicity
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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Expectation Experience Let Go 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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