Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
SHARON SALZBERGLet the breath lead the way.
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Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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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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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human nature.
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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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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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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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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.
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We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.
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The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.
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When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn’t matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades.
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