Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
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.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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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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Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.
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Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
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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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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
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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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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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People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.
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Only when we start to distinguish reality from fantasy that we can humbly, with eyes wide open, forge loving and sustainable connections with others.
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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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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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If we fall, we don’t need self-recrimination or blame or anger – we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.
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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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You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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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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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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Training attention through meditation opens our eyes.
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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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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 long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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