One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.
JON KABAT-ZINNMindfulness 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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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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The awareness is not part of the darkness or the pain; it holds the pain, and knows it, so it has to be more fundamental, and closer to what is healthy and strong and golden within you.
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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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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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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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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No one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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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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From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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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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Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it’s also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of satisfactions over the life span, and the greatest feelings of interconnectedness and community and belonging.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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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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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation – to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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