Meditation 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 SALZBERGWe have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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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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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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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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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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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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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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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for most of us), the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.
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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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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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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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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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