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Every day seems to reveal a new piece of research about meditation, or new clinical applications of mindfulness or compassion practice, or new corporations or foundations or non-profits bringing mindfulness to work.

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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To remember non-attachment is to remember what freedom is all about. If we get attached, even to a beautiful state of being, we are caught, and ultimately we will suffer. We work to observe anything that comes our way, experience it while it is here, and be able to let go of it.
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Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.
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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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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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At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.
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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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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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We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking - while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations.
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The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.
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As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.
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Faith is not a commodity that you either have or don't have enough of, or the right kind of. It's an ongoing process. The opposite of faith is despair.
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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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Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
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By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
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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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Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others
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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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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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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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I will love myself as long as I never make a mistake.
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