To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
SHARON SALZBERGLife is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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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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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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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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It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view.
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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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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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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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People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.
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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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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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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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over time, offering loving kindness to all beings everywhere, including ourselves, unites us to one another so that we know that we can not go forward forgetting those left behind.
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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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We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.
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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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Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
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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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The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear and jealousy.
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Forgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the poignant reminder that even our dearest relationships change over the course of a lifetime.
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