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Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.

Sharon Salzberg

Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.
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Anger Compassion Feeling Honesty Ourselves Pain View
The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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Let Go Resilence
Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.
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Attention Silence Sound Training Voice
We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Kind Life Religious
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Compassion Improvement Live Patience Power
Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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Moments See
We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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Compassion Improvement Patience Power
Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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End Seek Spiritual
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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Difference Experience Mindset Ourselves Philosophy See Story
Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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Existence Love Philosophy
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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Attention Ourselves Philosophy Training
Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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Attention Eyes Ourselves Spiritual Training
Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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Compassion Love Spiritual
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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Control Learning Let Go Moments
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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Change Forgiveness Pain Relationship Release Story Time
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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Anger Force Forgiveness

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