We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
SHARON SALZBERGWe long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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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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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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If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
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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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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
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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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Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can’t bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
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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 combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.
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Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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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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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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