Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.
JON KABAT-ZINNLiving in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.
JON KABAT-ZINNThe real meditation is how you live your life.
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.
JON KABAT-ZINNToo much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.
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.
JON KABAT-ZINNWe take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
JON KABAT-ZINNThe 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.
JON KABAT-ZINNHe who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
JON KABAT-ZINNThe little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
JON KABAT-ZINNThe real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
JON KABAT-ZINNMindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
JON KABAT-ZINNWriting can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
JON KABAT-ZINNMeditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
JON KABAT-ZINNNo one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.
JON KABAT-ZINNSee for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
JON KABAT-ZINNMindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.
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