You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
SHARON SALZBERGTo reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
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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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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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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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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful—and a huge relief.
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The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
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