Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
SHARON SALZBERGMeditation 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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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others.
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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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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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Let the breath lead the way.
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Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
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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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For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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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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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
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Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
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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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