Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
SHARON SALZBERGIf we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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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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Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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With 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.
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All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or loving & kindness.
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Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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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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We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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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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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.
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