Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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?
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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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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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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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It’s a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.
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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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Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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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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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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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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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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