When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
JON KABAT-ZINNYou could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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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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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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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
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Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.
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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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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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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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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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