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Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment

Each opportunity to interrupt the onslaught of thoughts and return to the object of meditation is, in fact, a moment of enlightenment
– Sharon Salzberg

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  1. We can use meditation as a way to experiment with new ways of relating to ourselves, even our uncomfortable thoughts. – Sharon Salzberg
  2. Through meditation we come to know that we are dying & being reborn in every moment. – Sharon Salzberg
  3. Whether anyone believes that fact is a fact or not, fact remains a fact – Adil Aijaz
  4. With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire. – Sharon Salzberg
  5. Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root. – Sharon Salzberg
  6. By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home. – Sharon Salzberg
  7. Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. – Sharon Salzberg
  8. Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives. – Sharon Salzberg
  9. With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others. – Sharon Salzberg
  10. Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises. – Sharon Salzberg
  11. What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives. – Sharon Salzberg
  12. Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body. – Sharon Salzberg
  13. Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance. – Sharon Salzberg
  14. Meditation is not about what’s happening, it is about how we’re relating to what’s happening. – Sharon Salzberg
  15. Don’t chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don’t run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment . – Thich Nhat Hanh
  16. The Bible can stand the onslaught of any enemy. – Billy Graham
  17. We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight. – Sharon Salzberg
  18. Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering. – Sharon Salzberg
  19. For a long while she only looked at him … as if she didn’t want to interrupt the beautiful moment with words. – Karen Kingsbury
  20. I strongly object to wrong arguments on the right side. I think I object to them more than to the wrong arguments on the wrong side. – GK Chesterton
  21. someone asked: What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?and i said(object): i give up..!!! – paradox
  22. When we identify the thoughts that keep us from seeing others as they truly are we prepare the ground for real love. – Sharon Salzberg
  23. Though it may sound paradoxical, identifying our thoughts, emotions, and habitual patterns of behavior is the key to freedom & transformation. – Sharon Salzberg
  24. The mind thinks thoughts that we don’t plan. It’s not as if we say, ‘At 9:10 I’m going to be filled with self-hatred. – Sharon Salzberg
  25. When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings – Sharon Salzberg
  26. You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable. – Sharon Salzberg
  27. Integration arises from intimacy with our emotions and our bodies, as well as with our thoughts. – Sharon Salzberg
  28. Our minds tend to race ahead into the future or replay the past, but our bodies are always in the present moment. – Sharon Salzberg
  29. Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look. – Sharon Salzberg
  30. If a fact does not modify your logic on being known, either you don’t believe the fact or it is not a fact. – Raheel Farooq
  31. The path of Tao is not that of sudden enlightenment. It is not like Zen. Zen is sudden enlightenment, Tao is gradual growth. – Osho
  32. Meditation is defined by not just the mode of thinking, but also the object of thought – Chaitanya Charan Das
  33. Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim-”arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object. – Jack Kornfield
  34. We’re constantly presented with opportunity, or the opportunity to create opportunity. – Craig D Lounsbrough
  35. The fragrance of meditation is enlightenment. – Swami Dhyan Giten
  36. Have gracious thoughts of your neighbors,kind thoughts of your friends,loving thoughts of your family,and humble thoughts of yourself. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  37. Every moment is a moment of hope, moment of beauty, a moment of joy and it is our life. – Debasish Mridha
  38. Don’t fight your thoughts. Allow them to come, but don’t cling to them. The small gaps between thoughts create the power in meditation. – Azim Jamal Brian Tracy
  39. From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment. – Jon KabatZinn
  40. My thoughts are wing’d with hopes,My hopes with love.Thoughts, hopes and love return to me no more,Until Cynthia shine as she hath done before. – Eve Edwards

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