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Its never too late to take a moment to look.

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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New York City
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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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It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.
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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.
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When we are devoted to the development of kindness, it becomes our ready response, so that reacting from compassion, from caring, is not a question of giving ourselves a lecture: 'I don't really feel like it, but I'd better be helpful, or what would people think?'
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Metta is the ability to embrace all parts of ourselves, as well as all parts of the world. Practicing metta illuminates our inner integrity because it relieves us of the need to deny different aspects of ourselves.
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In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
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You are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine
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When you're wide open, the world is a good place.
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I will love myself as long as I never make a mistake.
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My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.
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The cultivation of generosity is the beginning of spiritual awakening. Generosity has tremendous force because it arises from an inner quality of letting go. Being able to let go, to give up, to renounce, and to give generously all spring from the same source, and when we practice generosity ... we open up these qualities within ourselves.
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Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.
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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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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest it never ceases.
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What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.
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Let the power of intention lead the way.
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Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It's important not to blame yourself.
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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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You should never use the word Karma when talking about someone else, it's only a concept you should apply to yourself as a matter of investigation.
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