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.
JON KABAT-ZINNWhen you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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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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One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that’s been developed over thousands of years by traditions that know a lot about the mind/body connection.
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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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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
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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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