Let the breath lead the way.
SHARON SALZBERGForgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the poignant reminder that even our dearest relationships change over the course of a lifetime.
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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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The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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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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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
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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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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
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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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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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