Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
SHARON SALZBERGLike water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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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 often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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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.
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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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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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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.
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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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Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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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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Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.
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We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.
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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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