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 SALZBERGFearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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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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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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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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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.
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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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The art of concentration is a continual letting go. We let go of what is inessential or distracting. We let go of a thought or a feeling, not because we are afraid of it or because we can’t bear to acknowledge it as a part of our experience; but, because it is UNNECESSARY.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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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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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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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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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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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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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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