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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.

Sharon Salzberg

With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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Attachment Desire Existence
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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Connection Love Peace Reflection Simplicity
When we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
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Deep Different Philosophy
The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
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Creation Generosity Heart Joy Let Go Ourselves Space World
Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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Existence Love Philosophy
While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.
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End Happiness Mind Right
The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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Imagination Love Place Start
Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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Attention Eyes Ourselves Spiritual Training
Self-compassion is like a muscle. The more we practice flexing it, especially when life doesn’t go exactly according to plan (a frequent scenario for most of us), the stronger and more resilient our compassion muscle becomes.
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Compassion Life Resilence Strong
In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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Control Learning Let Go Moments
As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make.
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Peace Transformation
We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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Forget Person Vulnerable
Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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Let Go Ourselves
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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Deep Ourselves Pain Philosophy
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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Imagination Inspirational Power Yourself
You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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Love Person Self Love Worth

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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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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