Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
SHARON SALZBERGYou are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize our common humanity with others and see that real love excludes no one.
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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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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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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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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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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind.
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The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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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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If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.
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We 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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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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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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