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This reads as a reminder that change is happening all the time, not only in big life events. It can be taken to mean that meditation helps a person notice impermanence without panic, and to meet each moment with less grip and more acceptance. It lands in times of grief, transition, or any period when life feels unstable.
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About Sharon Salzberg
author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice
Sharon Salzberg is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West. She co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, in 1974 with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her work centers on vipassanā, or insight, and mettā, or loving-kindness, and she has led meditation retreats around the world for several decades. She is known for writing and teaching in that tradition, with an emphasis on practice and attention to the mind.
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