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But loving-kindness – maitri – toward ourselves doesn’t mean getting rid of anything, Maitri means that we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of
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“Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?”
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“The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment.”
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“Abandon hope.”
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“True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.”
― Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
― Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
“When you open yourself to the continually changing, impermanent, dynamic nature of your own being and of reality, you increase your capacity to love and care about other people and your capacity to not be afraid. You're able to keep your eyes open, your heart open, and your mind open. And you notice when you get caught up in prejudice, bias, and aggression. You develop an enthusiasm for no longer watering those negative seeds, from now until the day you die. And, you begin to think of your life as offering endless opportunities to start to do things differently.”
― Practicing Peace in Times of War
― Practicing Peace in Times of War
Alison’s 2025 Year in Books
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92 friends
36 books
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2 books
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10 books
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136 books
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0 books
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3 books
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1 book
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