Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
SHARON SALZBERGThe starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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Let the breath lead the way.
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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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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for most of us), the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.
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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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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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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.
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Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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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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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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