From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody 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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Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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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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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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We must be willing to encounter darkness and despair when they come up and face them, over and over again if need be, without running away or numbing ourselves in the thousands of ways we conjure up to avoid the unavoidable.
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