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When you're wide open, the world is a good place.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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New York City
New York
Wide
Open
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Good
World

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Love and concern for all are not things some of us are born with and others are not. Rather, they are results of what we do with our minds: We can choose to transform our minds so that they embody love, or we can allow them to develop habits and false concepts of separation.
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Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
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I think what we (as a society) need from artists of all kinds is courage, a willingness to explore, and a really big sense of possibility.
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My experience working with lots of creative people is that they don't lose their artistic edge when they lose a fierce level of anguish. They just create from a different place.
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Everyone's mind wanders, without doubt, and we always have to start over. Everyone resists or dislikes the thought of or is too tired to meditate at times, and we have to be able to begin again.
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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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Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own lives and those of others.
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My ideal registration system would be an opt-out one, where every single person is registered once they turn 18. In Australia, I’m told, everyone is registered to vote and you pay a fine if you don’t vote.
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Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.
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The key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
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Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.
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Training our mind through meditation does not mean forcibly subjugating it or beating it into shape.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.
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What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.
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Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.
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As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.
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Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away.
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