If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
JON KABAT-ZINNPractice 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.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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No one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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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 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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Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.
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From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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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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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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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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