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.
SHARON SALZBERGJust 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.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
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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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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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We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.
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When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
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Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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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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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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For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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over 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.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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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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Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
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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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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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