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.
SHARON SALZBERGWe use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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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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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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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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If we turn away from our own pain, we may find ourselves projecting this aversion onto others, seeing them as somehow inadequate for being in a troubled situation.
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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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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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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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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.
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Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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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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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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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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