Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
SHARON SALZBERGYou are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or loving & kindness.
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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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The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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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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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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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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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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While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
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Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human nature.
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Let the breath lead the way.
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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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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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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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