Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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.
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Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
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The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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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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We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others.
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Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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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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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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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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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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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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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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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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