By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
SHARON SALZBERG
When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
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By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives.
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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.
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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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When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
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When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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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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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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When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.
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The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
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