Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
JON KABAT-ZINNBut you cannot have harmony without a commitment to ethical behavior. It’s the fence that keeps out the goats that will eat all the young shoots in your garden.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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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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In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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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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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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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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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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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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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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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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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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