The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
SHARON SALZBERGWe long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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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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Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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Let the breath lead the way.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.
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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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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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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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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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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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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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Forgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the poignant reminder that even our dearest relationships change over the course of a lifetime.
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We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.
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