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Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.

Sharon Salzberg

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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Difficult Fear Kindness
We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Kind Life Religious
If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
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Anger Blame Commitment Fall Heart Willing
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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Expectation Experience Let Go Ourselves
For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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Change Courage Perseverance Story
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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Destruction Different Old Young
Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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Compassion Love Spiritual
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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Attention Direction Kindness Strength
The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can’t bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.
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Afraid Art Experience Feeling
The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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Attention Deep Difference Happiness Misery Philosophy
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
The 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
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Creation Generosity Heart Joy Let Go Ourselves Space World
Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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Appearance Kindness
While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
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End Happiness Mind Right
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
Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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Difficult Mind Remember

Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.

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Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.

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