The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
SHARON SALZBERGover time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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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’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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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 often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human nature.
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By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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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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Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
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Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.
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