Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
JON KABAT-ZINNMaybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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We must be willing to encounter darkness and despair when they come up and face them, over and over again if need be, without running away or numbing ourselves in the thousands of ways we conjure up to avoid the unavoidable.
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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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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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This is something called “walking meditation.” The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking.
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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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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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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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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we’re continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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