Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest; it never ceases.
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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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Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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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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Kindness is really at the core of what it means to be and feel alive.
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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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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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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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We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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