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My ideal registration system would be an opt-out one, where every single person is registered once they turn 18. In Australia, I’m told, everyone is registered to vote and you pay a fine if you don’t vote.

My ideal registration system would be an opt-out one, where every single person is registered once they turn 18. In Australia, I’m told, everyone is registered to vote and you pay a fine if you don’t vote.

Sharon Salzberg
Australia, Would Be, Pay
"Who to Vote For?" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2012.

It is so powerful when we can leave behind our ordinary identities, no longer think of ourselves primarily as a conductor, or writer, or salesclerk, and go to a supportive environment to deeply immerse in meditation practice.

Sharon Salzberg
Powerful, Thinking, Meditation Practice
"Meditation Practice: A Paradigm Shift" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 9, 2011.

When we see the relatedness of ourselves to the universe, that we do not live as isolated entities, untouched by what is going on around us, not affecting what is going on around us, when we see through that, that we are interrelated, then we can see that to protect others is to protect ourselves, and to protect ourselves it to protect others.

Sharon Salzberg
Entity, Protect, Isolated
"One Who Protects The Truth Will Be Protected By It" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2010.

Even on the spiritual path, we have things we'll tend to cover up or be in denial about.

Sharon Salzberg
Spiritual, Cover Ups, Denial
"A Way Out of Suffering: An Interview With Sharon Salzberg". "Omega Institute" Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2012.

Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It's important not to blame yourself.

Sharon Salzberg
Strong, Memories, Thinking

We all want to be happy. We need to expand the notion of what that means, to make it bigger and wiser.

Sharon Salzberg
Mean, Needs, Want
FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Feb 20, 2011

Once someone appears to us primarily as an object, kindness has no place to root.

Sharon Salzberg
Kindness, Roots, Objects
FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Jul 21, 2011

As we work to reweave the strands of connection, we can be supported by the wisdom and lovingkindness of others.

Sharon Salzberg
Connections, Strands, Lovingkindness
"There Is Always Trauma In The Room" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2009.

Every day seems to reveal a new piece of research about meditation, or new clinical applications of mindfulness or compassion practice, or new corporations or foundations or non-profits bringing mindfulness to work.

Sharon Salzberg
Compassion, Practice, Meditation
"A conversation with meditation teacher and co-founder of Insight Meditation Society: Sharon Salzberg". Interview with Nancy Alder, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 4, 2013.

My experience working with lots of creative people is that they don't lose their artistic edge when they lose a fierce level of anguish. They just create from a different place.

Sharon Salzberg
People, Creative, Different

I am totally amazed at the spread of interest in meditation. When I first came back from studying in India in 1974, I would be asked in social situations what I did. When I replied, "I teach meditation" they would frequently look at me as though to say "That is weird," and sort of sidle away.

Sharon Salzberg
Meditation, Firsts, India
"A conversation with meditation teacher and co-founder of Insight Meditation Society: Sharon Salzberg". Interview with Nancy Alder, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 4, 2013.

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