Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful—and a huge relief.
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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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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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow.
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Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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Just as a prism refracts light differently when you change its angle, each experience of love illuminates love in new ways, drawing from an infinite palette of patterns and hues.
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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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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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For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
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Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.
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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
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We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
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Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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