So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.
JON KABAT-ZINNWe take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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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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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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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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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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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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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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