He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
JON KABAT-ZINNMaybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
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Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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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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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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In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
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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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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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Perhaps the most “spiritual” thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.
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But you cannot have harmony without a commitment to ethical behavior. It’s the fence that keeps out the goats that will eat all the young shoots in your garden.
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