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If 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.

Sharon Salzberg

Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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Attention Eyes Ourselves Spiritual Training
If we turn away from our own pain, we may find ourselves projecting this aversion onto others, seeing them as somehow inadequate for being in a troubled situation.
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Deep Ourselves Pain Philosophy
Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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Moments See
Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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End Seek Spiritual
Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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Compassion Love Spiritual
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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Connection Eyes Fantasy Humble Reality Start
Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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Difficult Mind Remember
We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Easy Greatness Life Light Ourselves
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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Ability Connection Need Ourselves
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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Faith Heart Ourselves Value Worth
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Change Deep Life
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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Control Learning Let Go Moments
We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.
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Freedom Ourselves Story True Love
Once 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.
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Anger Compassion Feeling Honesty Ourselves Pain View
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Fight Philosophy
As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Peace Transformation

If 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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If 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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