Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
SHARON SALZBERGLove exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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The combination of realizing our distinctiveness along with our unity is seeing interdependence.
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The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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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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Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
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Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.
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Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
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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.
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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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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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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves.
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When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn’t matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades.
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The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn’t see before.
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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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