Sharon Salzberg Quotes & Sayings
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Mindfulness is so much wiser and more robust than our inner critic. —
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Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion. —
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Vulnerability should be the thing that brings us closer than anything because we all share that. —
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make
friends with the quietness of our sensations. —
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Having' something makes us think we can control it. —
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Integration arises from intimacy with our emotions and our bodies, as well as with our thoughts. —
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I need to start over. I can't just stay stuck in this place. This is a wonderful skill to bring to your life. —
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. —
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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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A lack of real love for ourselves is one of the most constricting, painful conditions we can know. —
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The more we practice mindfulness, the more alert we become to the cost of keeping secrets. —
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Meditation isn't about what's happening; it's about how you relate to what's happening. —
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What unites us as human beings is an urge for happiness which at heart is a yearning for union. —
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There is a sentiment common among most of us when it comes to love - letting go can feel scary. —
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Faith is not a commodity we either have or don't have-it is an inner quality that unfolds as we learn to trust our own deepest experience. —
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Compassion Judgment Loving-Kindness Compassion Is A Force Disconnection Self-Blame and Compassion Praise and Blame —
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Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff. —
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Meditation is not about what's happening, it is about how we're relating to what's happening. —
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There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you. —
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Concepts such as loving kindness should never be used as weapons against our real feelings. —
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We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it. —
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Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment —
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Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it. —
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I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion. —
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Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril. —
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It's affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry. —
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With every action we take, we send love or suffering into the web that connects us. —
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There is so much we just can't see or know right now, including precisely how our actions will ripple out. —
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If we define ourselves by each of the ever-changing feelings that cascade through us, how will we ever feel at home in our own bodies and minds? —
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The first time a meditation teacher encouraged me to practice mindfulness - which —
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To celebrate someone else's life, we need to find a way to look at it straight on, not from above with judgment or from below with envy. —
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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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We're in charge of our own forgiveness, and the process takes time, patience, and intention. —
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Develop a mind so filled with love that it resembles space. —
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When we are willing to explore our own experiences, we open the doorway to deeper connection and intimacy. —
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We need to redefine community and find a variety of ways of coming together and helping each other. —
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Concentration Attention Multitasking Boredom Procrastination —
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Find a gap between a trigger event and our usual conditioned response to it and by using that pause to collect ourselves and shift our response —
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Letting go is an inside job, something only we can do for ourselves. —
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Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier. —
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Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace. —
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The more we practice sympathetic joy, the more we come to realize that the happiness we share with others is inseparable from our own happiness. —
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When you're wide open, the world is a good place. —
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Each decision we make, each action we take, is born out of an intention. —
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How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships. —
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We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones. —
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You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable. —
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But to take delight in our generosity helps us immeasurably in our spiritual practice. —
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The skills available to us through mindfulness make it possible to bring love to our connections with others. —
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As a friend of mine told me about Real Happiness: you wrote this one in American. —
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Telling the story, acknowledging what has happened and how you feel, is often a necessary part of forgiveness. —
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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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Many strong emotions are actually intricate tapestries woven of various strands. —
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We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom. —
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Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root. —
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Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance. —
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Feelings of apathy as they relate to our relationships often stem from insufficiently paying attention to those around us. —
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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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The heart is a generous muscle. —
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Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about. —
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The journey to loving ourselves doesn't mean we like everything. —
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