Let the breath lead the way.
SHARON SALZBERGThe overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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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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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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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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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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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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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.
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Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others.
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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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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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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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