The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
SHARON SALZBERGThe key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
SHARON SALZBERGWhen we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
SHARON SALZBERGRestore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
SHARON SALZBERGWe have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
SHARON SALZBERGSelf-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.
SHARON SALZBERGYou are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
SHARON SALZBERGOnce 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.
SHARON SALZBERGMindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
SHARON SALZBERGThe combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
SHARON SALZBERGWe find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
SHARON SALZBERGThe movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
SHARON SALZBERGTo reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
SHARON SALZBERGWe often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
SHARON SALZBERGThe embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
SHARON SALZBERGOur practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
SHARON SALZBERGWhile happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
SHARON SALZBERG