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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
Author
Writer
New York City
New York
Sympathetic
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Meditation
Compassion
Joy
Home
Equanimity
Love
Practicing

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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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To cherish others is to cherish ourselves. To cherish ourselves is to cherish others. And in that same way, we relate to the truth. If we support it, if we embrace it, if we uphold it, we will be embraced by it, we will be supported and upheld by it.
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I will love myself as long as I never make a mistake.
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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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Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.
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Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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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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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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Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.
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Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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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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For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest it never ceases.
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Whatever life presents us, our response can be an expression of our compassion.
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