Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

“From our first breath to our last, we’re presented again and again with the opportunity to experience deep, lasting, and trans-formative connection with other beings: to love them and be loved by them; to show them our true natures and to recognize theirs.”

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“Though it may sound paradoxical, identifying our thoughts, emotions, and habitual patterns of behavior is the key to freedom & transformation.”

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“Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness is that it enables us to hold difficult thoughts and feelings in a different way—with awareness, balance, and love”

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“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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“By accepting and learning to embrace the inevitable sorrows of life, we realize that we can experience a more enduring sense of happiness.”

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

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

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“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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“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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“When we learn to respond to disappointments with acceptance, we give ourselves the space to realize that all our experiences—good and bad alike—are opportunities to learn and grow.”

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

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“The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.”

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“Cultivating loving kindness for ourselves is the foundation of real love for our friends and family, for new people we encounter in our daily lives, for all beings and for life itself.”

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“The practice of sympathetic joy is rooted in inner development. It’s not a matter of learning techniques to “make friends and influence people.” Instead, we build the foundations of our own happiness. When our own cup is full, we more easily share it with others.”

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“You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to prove that.”

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“Though it may seem counter intuitive to our inner perfectionist, recognizing our mistakes as valuable lessons (not failures) helps us lay the groundwork for later success.”

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