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.
JON KABAT-ZINNMindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?
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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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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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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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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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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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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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Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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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.
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