“Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.”

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

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.

All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

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.

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.

The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.

Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.

So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.

In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.

The real meditation is how you live your life.

Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.

When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.

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.

From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.

Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.

You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.

The stuff we choose to surround ourselves has a claim on our time, energy, and attention and finally on our life. 

It wasn’t you but your soul that caught my attention.

We all need love and a lot of attention.

A strong friendship doesn’t need your daily attention.

I am much pleased to find how very well I stand work & how my powers of attention & continued effort increase.

It is not attention that the child is seeking, but love.

Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement.