The real meditation is how you live your life.
JON KABAT-ZINNThe 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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Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.
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One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.
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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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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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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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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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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 could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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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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