Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
SHARON SALZBERGThe light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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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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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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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 embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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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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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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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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Let the breath lead the way.
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Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
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The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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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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