Quotes by Meditation Teachers - Page 9

The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.
Sharon Salzberg
The unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind.
Sharon Salzberg
For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.
Sharon Salzberg
Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others.
Sharon Salzberg
When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring.
Sharon Salzberg
Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.
Sharon Salzberg
Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier.
Sharon Salzberg
Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences.
Sharon Salzberg
Thought doesn't wrap around awareness. Awareness wraps around thought.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances.
Allan Lokos
Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.
Allan Lokos
One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.
Allan Lokos
Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.
Allan Lokos
To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.
Allan Lokos
Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion & love, for ourselves and all beings.
Allan Lokos
We must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street.
Allan Lokos
The art of peaceful living comes down to living compassionately & wisely.
Allan Lokos
Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.
Allan Lokos
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
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection
Sharon Salzberg
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Sharon Salzberg