The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
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.
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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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Abiding faith does not depend on borrowed concepts. Rather, it is the magnetic force of a bone-deep, lived understanding, one that draws us to realize our ideals, walk our talk,and act in accord with what we know to be true.
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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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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Let the breath lead the way.
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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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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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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.
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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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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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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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Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
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