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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.

Sharon Salzberg

We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Kind Life Religious
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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Deep Ourselves Pain Philosophy
Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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Let Go Ourselves
Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.
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Forgiveness Hurt People
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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Feeling Freedom Happiness
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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Mind Science Understand
Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others.
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Connection Eyes Fantasy Humble Reality Start
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
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
Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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Discover Kill Nature Ourselves Simplicity
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
The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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Imagination Love Place Start
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Compassion Improvement Live Patience Power
Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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Existence Love Philosophy
To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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Change Control Effort Force Love Strength
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

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