While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
SHARON SALZBERGMeditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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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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Abiding faith does not depend on borrowed concepts. Rather, it is the magnetic force of a bone-deep, lived understanding, one that draws us to realize our ideals, walk our talk,and act in accord with what we know to be true.
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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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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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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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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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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.
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