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.
Sharon SalzbergMeditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging them.
Sharon SalzbergYou 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.
Sharon SalzbergAs we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.
Sharon SalzbergLoving ourselves opens us to truly knowing ourselves as part of the matrix of existence, inextricably connected to the boundlessness of life... when we see that we are far bigger than the person that is delineated by family or cultural expectations, we realize we are capable of so much more than we usually dare to imagine.
Sharon Salzberg