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As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
Author
Writer
New York City
New York
Presence
Meditation
Compassion
Trust
Wisdom
Practice
Bringing
Ease
Forth

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Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions.
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Training our mind through meditation does not mean forcibly subjugating it or beating it into shape.
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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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By prizing heartfulness above faultlessness, we may reap more from our effort because we're more likely to be changed by it.
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Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a secret desire that through meditation we will accumulate a stockpile of magical experiences, or at least a mystical trophy or two, and then we will be able to proudly display them for others to see.
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The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
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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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The Buddha said that no true spiritual life is possible without a generous heart. . . . Generosity allies itself with an inner feeling of abundance - the feeling that we have enough to share.
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At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.
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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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We often get caught up in our own reactions and forget the vulnerability of the person in front of us.
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What comes up is not nearly as important as how you relate to what comes up.
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Sometimes people don't trust the force of kindness. They think love or compassion or kindness will make you weak and kind of stupid and people will take advantage of you you won't stand up for other people.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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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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Seeking is endless. It never comes to a state of rest it never ceases.
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Compassion allows us to bear witness to suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal.
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Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.
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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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