When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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This is something called “walking meditation.” The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking.
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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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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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Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
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Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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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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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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