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.
JON KABAT-ZINNWhen 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.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
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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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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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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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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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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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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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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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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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