"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
"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...."
"Sometimes people in abusive situations think they’re responsible for the other person’s happiness or that they’re going to fix them and make them feel better. The practice of equanimity teaches that i..."
"Buddhism has a term for the happiness we feel at someone else’s success or good fortune. Sympathetic joy, as it is known, invites us to celebrate for others."
"Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free."
"The more we identify and acknowledge moments when we’re unable to share in someone else’s pleasure and ask ourselves whether another person’s happiness truly jeopardizes our own, the more we pave the ..."
"The more we practice sympathetic joy, the more we come to realize that the happiness we share with others is inseparable from our own happiness."
"It is awareness of both our shared pain and our longing for happiness that links us to other people and helps us to turn toward them with compassion."
"The difference between a life laced through with frustration and one sustained by happiness depends on whether it is motivated by self-hatred or by real love for oneself."
"When we can step back even briefly from our hurt, sorrow, and anger, when we put our faith in the possibility of change, we create the possibility for non-judgmental inquiry that aims for healing rath..."