As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
SHARON SALZBERGSometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
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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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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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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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We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.
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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 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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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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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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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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