Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
SHARON SALZBERGAs we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
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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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You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.
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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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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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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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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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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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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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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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Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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