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One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.
JON KABAT-ZINN

Body Connection Development Kind Meditation Technology
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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Imitation Journey Path Preparation Respect True Unique Way Yourself
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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Act Compassionate Integrity Kindness Spiritual
You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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Affection Attention Thinking Wisdom Yourself
Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it’s also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of satisfactions over the life span, and the greatest feelings of interconnectedness and community and belonging.
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Community Feeling Hard Job Mindset Potential
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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Fear Ourselves Philosophy Spiritual Thinking Wisdom
You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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Alive Moments Yourself
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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Best Enthusiasm Family Practice Presence Spirit World Yourself
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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Deep Myself Place See Simplicity Wisdom
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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Arise Hold On Moments Reject Seek Wisdom
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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Activity Human Improvement Intention Meditation Simplicity System Yourself
We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Best Care Future Present Time
It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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Act Love Quiet Time Yourself
The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Live Meditation Moments Ourselves Reality
Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Attention Capacity Human Pay Universe
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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Happiness Hold On Let Go Satisfaction

One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.

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One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.

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