There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you.
Sharon SalzbergWe apply our effort to be mindful, to be aware in this very moment, right here and now, and we bring a very wholehearted effort to it. This brings concentration. It is this power of concentration that we use to cut through the world of surface appearances to get to a much deeper reality.
Sharon SalzbergTo sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.
Sharon SalzbergOften we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.
Sharon Salzberg