Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.
JON KABAT-ZINNIt is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
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Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
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So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?
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Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
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Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.
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Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It’s a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.
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Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.
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See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
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