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.
JON KABAT-ZINNBreathing 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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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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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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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
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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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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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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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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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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.
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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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