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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

Sharon Salzberg

Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful—and a huge relief.
SHARON SALZBERG

Beautiful Beginning Development Energy Independent Person
Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
SHARON SALZBERG

Let Go Ourselves
Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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Discover Kill Nature Ourselves Simplicity
We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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Courage Deep Learning Live Need Past
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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Darkness Deep
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
Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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Difficult Mind Remember
As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Peace Transformation
Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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Fear Money Time
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
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Compassion Improvement Patience Power
When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
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Deep Different Philosophy
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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Happiness Ignorance Ourselves Philosophy Suffering
When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow.
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Acceptance Disappointment Experience Goodness Growth Learning Opportunity
By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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Compassion Home Joy Love Ourselves
The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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Light See Yourself

Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

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