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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.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

The awareness is not part of the darkness or the pain; it holds the pain, and knows it, so it has to be more fundamental, and closer to what is healthy and strong and golden within you.
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Aware Darkness Fundamental Gold Health Hold Pain Strong Yourself
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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Let Go Meditation Practice Try Way
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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Attention Judgment Mindset Moments Pay Present Purpose
There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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Aware Different Mindset Talk Way
In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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Defect Moments Practice
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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Attention Change Feeling Growth Learning Moments Pay Present Time
Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
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Acceptance Demonstration Fact Patience Time Understand Wisdom
Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it’s also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of satisfactions over the life span, and the greatest feelings of interconnectedness and community and belonging.
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Community Feeling Hard Job Mindset Potential
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
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Choice Inspirational Learning Stop Wave Yourself
When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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Aware Embrace Enlightenment Inspirational Live Spiritual
But you cannot have harmony without a commitment to ethical behavior. It’s the fence that keeps out the goats that will eat all the young shoots in your garden.
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Commitment Eat Ethics Garden Harmony Young Yourself
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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Aspect Breathe Calm Concentration Focus Meditation Place Training Wonderful
Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
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Attention Freedom Intelligence Mom
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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Best Enthusiasm Family Practice Presence Spirit World Yourself
We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Best Care Future Present Time
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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Happiness Hold On Let Go Satisfaction

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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