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Sharon Salzberg

If we turn away from our own pain, we may find ourselves projecting this aversion onto others, seeing them as somehow inadequate for being in a troubled situation.
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Deep Ourselves Pain Philosophy
You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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Love Person Self Love Worth
Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Change Deep Life
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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Imagination Inspirational Power Yourself
Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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Fear Money Time
We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.
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Freedom Ourselves Story True Love
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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Deep Different Philosophy
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
All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or loving & kindness.
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Attention Direction Kindness Strength
Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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Difficult Effort Perseverance Willing
Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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Let Go Ourselves
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
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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Happiness Live Ourselves Search Suffering
With a clear intention and a willing spirit, sooner or later we experience the joy and freedom that arises when we recognize our common humanity with others and see that real love excludes no one.
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Experience Freedom Humanity Joy Spirit Willing
We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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Ability Worth
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

Let the breath lead the way.

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