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-ZINNThe real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
-
-
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-ZINN -
Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
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.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
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.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
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.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
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.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
JON KABAT-ZINN -
Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?
JON KABAT-ZINN -
He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
JON KABAT-ZINN