See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
JON KABAT-ZINNLiving in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It’s a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.
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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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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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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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So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.
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Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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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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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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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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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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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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