He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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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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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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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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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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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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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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Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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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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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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