Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.
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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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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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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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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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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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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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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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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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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