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-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.
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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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Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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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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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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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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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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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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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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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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If you look at people out on the street, if you look at people at restaurants, nobody’s having conversations anymore. They’re sitting at dinner looking at their phone, because their brain is so addicted to it.
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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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