The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
SHARON SALZBERGBecause 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.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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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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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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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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You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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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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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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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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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 turn away from our own pain, we may find ourselves projecting this aversion onto others, seeing them as somehow inadequate for being in a troubled situation.
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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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If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.
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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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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.
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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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Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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