It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion.
SHARON SALZBERGLife is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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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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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.
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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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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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Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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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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Thinking we are only supposed to have loving & compassionate feelings can be a terrible obstacle to spiritual practice.
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Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.
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The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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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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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.
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