If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
SHARON SALZBERGWe can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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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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Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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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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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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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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For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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