Sharon Salzberg Quotes About Meditation
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As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.
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Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
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Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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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.
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Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.
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Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.
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Because the development of inner calm and energy happens completely within and 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.
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I call myself a meditation teacher rather than a spiritual teacher.
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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.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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Effort is the unconstrained willingness to persevere through difficulty.
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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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You might have extensive bouts of thinking exceedingly nasty thoughts, but because you are relating to those thoughts with mindfulness and compassion, that's considered good meditation.
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My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.
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Meditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging them.
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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.
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If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.
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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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I have seen that there are a number of people who benefit from doing loving kindness meditation, either prior to or along with mindfulness meditation. It varies from person to person of course, but for many, their practice of mindfulness will bring along old habits of self-judgment and ruthless criticism, so it is not actually mindfulness.
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Let the breath lead the way.
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As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.
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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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With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
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There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you.
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Meditation clarifies our minds and opens our hearts, and brings us to unusual depth and stability of happiness, whatever life brings.
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What you learn about pain in formal meditation can help you relate to it in your daily life.
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Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.
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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight.
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Meditation is not a matter of trying to stop thinking or make your mind go blank but rather to realize when your attention is wandering and to simply let go of the thoughts and begin again. It is a way of changing our relationship to our thoughts, so we're not so consumed by them, with no sense of space. Having a newly spacious relationship to our thoughts brings both peace and freedom.
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It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn't depend on how long you've held on to the old view. When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn't matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades. The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn't see before. Its never too late to take a moment to look.
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