You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
JON KABAT-ZINNIt is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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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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If 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.
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Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.
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Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
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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.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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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 awareness is not part of the darkness or the pain; it holds the pain, and knows it, so it has to be more fundamental, and closer to what is healthy and strong and golden within you.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation – to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.
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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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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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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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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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