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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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.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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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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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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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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See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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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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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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