Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It’s a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.
JON KABAT-ZINNPerhaps the most “spiritual” thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.
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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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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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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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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 you’re walking, just walk. When you’re eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that’s huge.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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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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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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