In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
JON KABAT-ZINNPractice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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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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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody 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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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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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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No one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.
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Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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