black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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-Zinn

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Fear Honesty Live Ocean Ourselves Truth
We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Best Care Future Present Time
But 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-ZINN

Commitment Eat Ethics Garden Harmony Young Yourself
Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Incredible Practice Writing
You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Affection Attention Thinking Wisdom Yourself
Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Aware Judgement Moments Practice
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.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Change Experience Feeling Goal Learning Meditation Moment Myself Walk
When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Attention Believe Boredom Interest Pay Yourself
When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Certain Experience Present Soul View
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.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Acceptance Blessing Deserve Feeling Gift Practice Purpose Self Love Simplicity Time True Universe
Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it’s also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of satisfactions over the life span, and the greatest feelings of interconnectedness and community and belonging.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Community Feeling Hard Job Mindset Potential
Too 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-ZINN

Capacity Cultivate Education Focus Ourselves Student System
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Choice Inspirational Learning Stop Wave Yourself
Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Attention Freedom Intelligence Mom
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.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Arise Hold On Moments Reject Seek Wisdom
One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Body Connection Development Kind Meditation Technology

Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes