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.
JON KABAT-ZINNJust 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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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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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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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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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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Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.
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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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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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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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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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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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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
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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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