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.
SHARON SALZBERGMeditation 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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The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.
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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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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through loving kindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.
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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 the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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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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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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Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human nature.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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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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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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We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.
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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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