Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.
Sharon SalzbergI've always said that lovingkindness and compassion are inevitably woven throughout meditation practice even if the words are never used or implied, no matter what technique or method we are using.
Sharon SalzbergSome things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions.
Sharon SalzbergCompassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound path. We may be adverse to seeing our own suffering because it tends to ignite a blaze of self-blame and regret. And we may be adverse to seeing suffering in others because we find it unbearable or distasteful, or we find it threatening to our own happiness. All of these possible reactions to the suffering in the word make us want to turn away from life.
Sharon Salzberg