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 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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It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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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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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’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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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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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn’t matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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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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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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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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When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
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