The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to 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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In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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We must be willing to encounter darkness and despair when they come up and face them, over and over again if need be, without running away or numbing ourselves in the thousands of ways we conjure up to avoid the unavoidable.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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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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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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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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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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When you’re walking, just walk. When you’re eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that’s huge.
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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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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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