Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
SHARON SALZBERGOnce 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.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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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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Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.
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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
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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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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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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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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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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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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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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
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