You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
JON KABAT-ZINNWhen experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental 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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Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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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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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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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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From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.
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Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?
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