You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
JON KABAT-ZINNJust 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?
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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The 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.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation – to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.
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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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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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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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Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.
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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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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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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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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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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 means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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