All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
JON KABAT-ZINNMindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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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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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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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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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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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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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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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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In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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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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