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.
JON KABAT-ZINNHe who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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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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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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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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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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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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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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Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?
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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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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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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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