The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
SHARON SALZBERGOnce someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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We don’t need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind.
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Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
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Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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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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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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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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If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
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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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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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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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