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.
SHARON SALZBERGWhen we bring deep awareness to whatever’s bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
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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 cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.
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We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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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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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others.
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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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Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love
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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
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