This has been my favorite meditations in the series so far. Sharon touched on many feelings I can have that bring dis-ease like guilt for feeling good. There is so much suffering in the world, for example, small children in Read More
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ON BEING COLUMN – The Hardship We Accept
The Hardship We Accept, The Gratitude We Choose Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published Sept 20th, 2016 I encourage myself to remember that being grateful doesn’t mean I have to keep a gratitude jar that counts Read More

ON BEING COLUMN – Some Things Just Hurt
Some Things Just Hurt Weekly Column By Sharon Salzberg for On Being Blog Published March 13th, 2016 Accepting suffering doesn’t mean that it goes away, or even that it gets better. Too often, we conflate the idea of “being spiritual” Read More
I need some advice- Chronic pain
Body Mind Spirit I have been struggling and suffering from chronic pain for a long time…. I have worked on the spirit the mind but I struggle mostly with the body I have a hard time separating the pain I Read More

METTA HOUR PODCAST – Episode 21 – Suffering as Opening to Faith
In Episode 21 of the Metta Hour Podcast, “Suffering as an Opening to Faith,” Sharon speaks about what happens within certain individuals that allows an emergence from a place of suffering into a space of greater faith and trust in Read More