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 SALZBERGForgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the poignant reminder that even our dearest relationships change over the course of a lifetime.
More Sharon Salzberg Quotes
-
-
Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
SHARON SALZBERG -
You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
SHARON SALZBERG -
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
SHARON SALZBERG -
The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
SHARON SALZBERG -
You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.
SHARON SALZBERG -
With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
SHARON SALZBERG -
Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.
SHARON SALZBERG -
Sometimes kindness is stepping aside, letting go of our need to be right & just being happy for someone.
SHARON SALZBERG -
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 SALZBERG -
Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
SHARON SALZBERG -
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.
SHARON SALZBERG -
We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
SHARON SALZBERG -
Its never too late to take a moment to look.
SHARON SALZBERG -
The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
SHARON SALZBERG -
Forgiveness that is insincere, forced or premature can be more psychologically damaging than authentic bitterness & rage.
SHARON SALZBERG






