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-ZINNMindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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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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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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When you’re walking, just walk. When you’re eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that’s huge.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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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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Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
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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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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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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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No one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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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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