Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.
JON KABAT-ZINNStillness, 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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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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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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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.
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Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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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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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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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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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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