Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
JON KABAT-ZINNIntelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
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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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The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we’re continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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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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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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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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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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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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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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