All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others.
SHARON SALZBERGLove exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.
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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 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’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.
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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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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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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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Our ability to connect with others is innate, wired into our nervous systems, and we need connection as much as we need physical nourishment.
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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
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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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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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We cannot simply forgive and forget, nor should we.
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The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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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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