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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Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.
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In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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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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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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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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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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