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-ZINNJust stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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The awareness is not part of the darkness or the pain; it holds the pain, and knows it, so it has to be more fundamental, and closer to what is healthy and strong and golden within you.
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Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.
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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.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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If you look at people out on the street, if you look at people at restaurants, nobody’s having conversations anymore. They’re sitting at dinner looking at their phone, because their brain is so addicted to it.
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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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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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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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Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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