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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.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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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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To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
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Everyone loses touch with their aspiration, and we need the heart to return to what we really care about. All of this is based on developing greater lovingkindness and compassion.
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Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.
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It doesn't matter how long we may have been stuck in a sense of our limitations. If we go into a darkened room and turn on the light, it doesn't matter if the room has been dark for a day, a week, or ten thousand years - we turn on the light and it is illuminated. Once we control our capacity for love and happiness, the light has been turned on.
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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 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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Things don't just happen in this world of arising and passing away. We don't live in some kind of crazy, accidental universe. Things happen according to certain laws, laws of nature. Laws such as the law of karma, which teaches us that as a certain seed gets planted, so will that fruit be.
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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.
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We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
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When you're wide open, the world is a good place.
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Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition.
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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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Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.
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Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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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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Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.
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In our own lives and in our communities, we need to find a way to include others rather than exclude them. We need to find a way to allow our pain and suffering, individually and collectively.
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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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Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change.
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