Sharon Salzberg Quotes
Sharon Salzberg Quotes
Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.
1930Being happy at work is possible for all of us, anytime & anywhere, with open eyes and a caring heart
3295 In a situation of potential conflict, let compassion guide you.
4424 Not everyone wants to take up meditation, but most people can feel an alignment with values like mutual respect, insightful investigation, listening to one another.
Meditation is a way to help those values become real in day-to-day life, helping people to understand themselves more and more and have a way to not get lost in old patterns.
2746 We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
2325 Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body.
1304 Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.
3901 Meditation is not about what's happening, it is about how we're relating to what's happening.
4480 When we experience dissatisfaction at work, which everyone does we can use our disappointment as fuel to wake up.
2847 We can understand the inherent radiance & purity of our minds by understanding metta. Like the mind, metta is not distorted by what it encounters.
2319 Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.
1611 When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.
1007 Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.
3190 We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.
4795 We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.
4464 Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
2727 Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.
4770 People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.
1795 Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware - not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.
3688 Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isn’t dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful - and a huge relief.
1487 We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
4090 Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.
1642 Hatred does not help us alleviate our pain even in the slightest.
1720 By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
1200 The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if we say, 'At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.
1386 Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment & through mindfulness, we can shape our reaction right away.
3223 Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
3013 All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others
4975 Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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