SSSharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg

Born 1952 AD; death year unknown

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1952 AD

When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away.

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02c. 1952 AD

Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of loving kindness and self-compassion, we can learn to love our flawed and imperfect selves. And in those moments of vulnerability, we open our hearts to connect with each other, as well. We are not perfect, but we are enough.

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03c. 1952 AD

When we contemplate the miracle of embodied life, we begin to partner with our bodies in a kinder way.

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04c. 1952 AD

Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of our acts, real or imagined, and the secrets we keep about them.

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05c. 1952 AD

The heart contracts when our bodies are overcome by shame.

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06c. 1952 AD

Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem, or a sense of our value.

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07c. 1952 AD

To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves.

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08c. 1952 AD

It’s affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry.

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09c. 1952 AD

Mindfulness allows us to shift the angle on our story and to remember that we have the capacity to learn and change in ways that are productive, not self-defeating.

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10c. 1952 AD

We can use meditation as a way to experiment with new ways of relating to ourselves, even our uncomfortable thoughts.

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11c. 1952 AD

if we really look at our actions with eyes of love, we see that our lives can be more straightforward, simpler, less sculpted by regret and fear, more in alignment with our deepest values.

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12c. 1952 AD

Paying attention to the ethical implications of our choices has never been more pressing—or more complicated—than it is today.

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13c. 1952 AD

Causing harm is never just a one-way street.

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14c. 1952 AD

If we harm someone else, we’re inevitably also hurting ourselves. Some quality of sensitivity and awareness has to shut down for us to be able to objectify someone else, to deny them as a living, feeling being—someone who wants to be happy, just as we do.

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15c. 1952 AD

When we do our best to treat others with kindness, it’s often a struggle to determine which actions best express our love and care for ourselves.

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16c. 1952 AD

When we feel conflicted about a particular decision or action, our bodies often hold the answer—if we take the time to stop and tune in.

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17c. 1952 AD

You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable.

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18c. 1952 AD

The breath is the first tool for opening the space between the story you tell yourself about love.

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19c. 1952 AD

I see real love as the most fundamental of our innate capacities, never destroyed no matter what we might have gone through or might yet go through.

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20c. 1952 AD

I believe that there is only one kind of love—real love—trying to come alive in us despite our limiting assumptions, the distortions of our culture, and the habits of fear, self-condemnation, and isolation that we tend to acquire just by living a life.

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21c. 1952 AD

Mindfulness practice helps create space between our actual experiences and the reflexive stories we tend to tell about them.

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22c. 1952 AD

Loving kindness practice helps us move out of the terrain of our default narratives if they tend to be based on fear or disconnection. We become authors of brand-new stories about love.

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23c. 1952 AD

Our senses are often the gateway to our stories.

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24c. 1952 AD

If we define ourselves by each of the ever-changing feelings that cascade through us, how will we ever feel at home in our own bodies and minds?

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