Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
JON KABAT-ZINNPerhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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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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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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If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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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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This is something called “walking meditation.” The goal is to learn to be aware of each and every movement and feeling. I know it seems ridiculous, but it does change the way you experience walking.
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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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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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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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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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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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