People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.
SHARON SALZBERGWe need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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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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To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
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When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn’t matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades.
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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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Forgiveness 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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Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow.
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Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change.
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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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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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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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