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.
JON KABAT-ZINNThe 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.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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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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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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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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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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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is 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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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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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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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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