comes with a powerful recognition
that we are fully alive and whole
despite our wounds or our fears
or our loneliness.
It is a state where we allow ourselves
to be seen clearly by ourselves
and by others, and in turn,
we offer clear seeing
to the world around us.
It is a love that heals.
~Sharon Salzberg
(1952 to pres., Co-founded
the Insight Meditation Society)