Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
SHARON SALZBERGCompassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
SHARON SALZBERGWhile happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
SHARON SALZBERGBy engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
SHARON SALZBERGLove exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
SHARON SALZBERGMeditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
SHARON SALZBERGThe 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.
SHARON SALZBERGAll forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or loving & kindness.
SHARON SALZBERGThe overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
SHARON SALZBERGForgiveness 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.
SHARON SALZBERGEven as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
SHARON SALZBERGEffort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
SHARON SALZBERGWith 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.
SHARON SALZBERGFor 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.
SHARON SALZBERGLet the breath lead the way.
SHARON SALZBERGWe 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.
SHARON SALZBERGIts never too late to take a moment to look.
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