Sharon Salzberg Quotes About Meditation

Quotes about: Meditation

• Meditation has made me happy, loving, and peaceful-but not every single moment of the day. I still have good times and bad, joy and sorrow. Now I can accept setbacks more easily, with less sense of disappointment and personal failure, because meditation has taught me how to cope with the profound truth that everything changes all the time.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Disappointment, Single Mom, Profound

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.6, Workman Publishing

• Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Mindfulness

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Sep 16, 2013

• Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Inspiration, Meditation Practice, Meditation And Yoga

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Oct 13, 2013

• If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Buddhist, Reading, Doors

• We are all too often told by someone that we are too old, too young, too different, too much the same, and those comments can be devastating.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Meditation, Different, Too Much

  Sharon Salzberg (2012). “The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion”, p.38, Sounds True

• Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Meditation, Mindfulness, Attention

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Aug 06, 2014

• Meditation is not a matter of trying to stop thinking or make your mind go blank but rather to realize when your attention is wandering and to simply let go of the thoughts and begin again. It is a way of changing our relationship to our thoughts, so we're not so consumed by them, with no sense of space. Having a newly spacious relationship to our thoughts brings both peace and freedom.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Letting Go, Thinking, Space

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Mar 28, 2017

• It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn't depend on how long you've held on to the old view. When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn't matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades. The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn't see before. Its never too late to take a moment to look.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Running, Dark, Meditation Practice

  Sharon Salzberg (2017). “Real Happiness: A 28-day Programme to Connect with the Power of Meditation”, p.94, Hay House, Inc

• Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Self, Meditation Practice, Differences

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.13, Workman Publishing

• Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Meditation, Training, Attention

  Sharon Salzberg (2011). “The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Programme for Real Happiness”, p.15, Hay House, Inc

• Training our mind through meditation does not mean forcibly subjugating it or beating it into shape.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Mean, Meditation, Training

  Sharon Salzberg (1999). “A Heart as Wide as the World”, p.76, Shambhala Publications

• 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

  Inspiration, Mirrors, Practice

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.73, Workman Publishing

• Because the development of inner calm and energy happens completely within and isn't dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is quite beautiful - and a huge relief.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Beautiful, Meditation, Independence

  "Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation - A 28-Day Program". Book by Sharon Salzberg, June, 2011.

• Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Voice, Silence, Meditation

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.8, Workman Publishing

• The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets distracted over and over again. What is essential, and also incredibly transforming, is realizing that we have the ability to begin again, without blaming or judging ourselves, without thinking we have failed, without losing heart, we can, and need to, constantly be beginning again.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Yoga, Heart, Thinking

• Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Meditation, Relate, Happenings

  "You Can’t Fail at Meditation". Interview with Dan Harris, www.lionsroar.com. April 12, 2015.

• We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Fighting, Long, Meditation

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.82, Workman Publishing

• Let the breath lead the way.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Meditation, Way, Breaths

  "Befriending the Body: Further Adventures of a Reluctant Meditator" by Barbara Markway, www.psychologytoday.com. March 14, 2012.

• To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Effort, Meditation, Detachment

  Sharon Salzberg (2008). “Lovingkindness”, p.72, Shambhala Publications

• With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Attachment, Meditation, Desire

  Sharon Salzberg (2008). “Lovingkindness”, p.63, Shambhala Publications

• Its never too late to take a moment to look.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Meditation Practice, Looks, Too Late

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.129, Workman Publishing

• With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Practice, Meditation, Ability

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Jul 02, 2011

• Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Pain, Play, Meditation

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.83, Workman Publishing

• Mindfulness, also called wise attention, helps us see what we’re adding to our experiences, not only during meditation sessions but also elsewhere.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Wise, Meditation, Mindfulness

  Sharon Salzberg (2010). “Real Happiness - Enhanced Ebook Edition: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program”, p.78, Workman Publishing

• People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Disappointment, People, Meditation

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Aug 05, 2011

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