Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
JON KABAT-ZINNThere are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.
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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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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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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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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.
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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 could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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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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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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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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