Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
SHARON SALZBERGAs we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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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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The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.
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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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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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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
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The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view.
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The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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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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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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