By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
SHARON SALZBERGBy engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
SHARON SALZBERGMindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
SHARON SALZBERGWe need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
SHARON SALZBERGThe movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
SHARON SALZBERGAll 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.
SHARON SALZBERGWhile happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
SHARON SALZBERGEven as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
SHARON SALZBERGLetting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
SHARON SALZBERGThe key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
SHARON SALZBERGThe difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
SHARON SALZBERGover 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.
SHARON SALZBERGWhen you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
SHARON SALZBERGMeditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.
SHARON SALZBERGMeditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
SHARON SALZBERGBy practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
SHARON SALZBERGThe 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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