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-ZINNIf you look at people out on the street, if you look at people at restaurants, nobody’s having conversations anymore. They’re sitting at dinner looking at their phone, because their brain is so addicted to it.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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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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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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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Perhaps 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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Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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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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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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