It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view.
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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People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.
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Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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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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We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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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 have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
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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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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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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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The 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.
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Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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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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