He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
JON KABAT-ZINNThere are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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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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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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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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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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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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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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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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In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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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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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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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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