Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
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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See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation – to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.
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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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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.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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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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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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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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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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