Meditation Quote by Sharon Salzberg Download Open image ““The heart contracts when our bodies are overcome by shame.”” — Sharon Salzberg ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Meditation Mindfulness Real love Real love quotes Secrets Shame Suffering
“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The body can endure compromise and the mind can be seduced by it. Only the heart protests.” — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“The heart is resilient and forgiving, it is the mind that causes us stress.” — Alexandra Elle Copy Share Image
“But shame is like a wound that is never exposed and therefore never heals.” — Andreas Eschbach Copy Share Image
“I think shame is the most profound of all emotions; I think the world is ruled by shame.” — J.R. Salamanca Copy Share Image
“At the climax of failure, at the moment when shame is about to do us in, suddenly we are swept away by a frenzy… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Shame and blame should have no place in our body, mind, or spirit.” — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
“When hearts speak, they touch each other and transform the deepest sorrow.” — Na'ama Yehuda Copy Share Image
“The human heart needs to burden itself, to take responsibility for its losses, otherwise it will explode.” — Charles Dubow Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think my entire life is a search for that exact line where the heart ceases to compensate for the failures of the… — Edward Southgate Copy Share Image
Some things hurt, you know, and there's pain. But we magnify the suffering of it often, I think, by our reactions. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Even when we do our very best to treat those close to us with utmost respect and understanding, conflict happens. That’s life. That’s human… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Loving ourselves calls us to give up the illusion that we can control everything and focuses us on building our inner resource of resilience.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
In order to do anything about the suffering of the world we must have the strength to face it without turning away. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“The paradigm for our relationships is formed from our earliest experiences and is actually hardwired into our neurological and emotional network.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Compassion isn't morose; it's something replenishing and opening; that's why it makes us happy. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“As we explore new ways of loving and being loved by others, we need to equip ourselves with open, pliant minds; we need to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I actually discovered… — Flume Copy Share Image
You practice mindfulness, on the one hand, to be calm and peaceful. On the other hand, as you practice mindfulness and live a life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are mostly psychosomatic.… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep, inexpressible certitude… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“...even though [my psychiatrist] understood mor than anyone how much I felt I was losing--in energy, vivacity, and originality--by taking medication, he never was… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is an invitation to change that pattern and to become aware of where we are and how we got here. Mindfulness gives us… — Maia Duerr Copy Share Image
As in any machine, all the wires must be connected to the mains through one main wire. In the same way, you all must… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image