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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.

Sharon Salzberg

You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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Imagination Inspirational Power Yourself
Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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Compassion Love Spiritual
Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change.
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Change Fear Happiness Integrity Life Nature Ourselves True
Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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End Seek Spiritual
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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Anger Force Forgiveness
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
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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Forget Kindness Love Ourselves Time Unity
Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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Attention Inspirational Yourself
We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Easy Greatness Life Light Ourselves
While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
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End Happiness Mind Right
The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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Attention Deep Difference Happiness Misery Philosophy
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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Feeling Freedom Happiness
Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
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Attention Experience Help Mindset Wisdom
The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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Light See Yourself
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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Expectation Experience Let Go Ourselves
Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta ﬂows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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Change Freedom Water

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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