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.
Sharon SalzbergSometimes 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.
Sharon SalzbergWe find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
Sharon SalzbergWe spend our lives searching for something we think we don't have, something that will make us happy. But the key to our deepest happiness lies in changing our vision of where to seek it.
Sharon SalzbergIn those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.
Sharon Salzberg