Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human nature.
SHARON SALZBERGWith a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize our common humanity with others and see that real love excludes no one.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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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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All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others.
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Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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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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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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Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.
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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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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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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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Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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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 difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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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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