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Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.
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Death Deep Himself Philosophy
You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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Affection Attention Thinking Wisdom Yourself
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.
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Act Compassionate Integrity Kindness Spiritual
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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Attention Judgment Mindset Moments Pay Present Purpose
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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Addiction Brain Conversation People Yourself
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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Commitment Eat Ethics Garden Harmony Young Yourself
Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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Important Priority Yourself
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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Let Go Meditation Practice Try Way
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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Aspect Breathe Calm Concentration Focus Meditation Place Training Wonderful
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?
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Imitation Journey Path Preparation Respect True Unique Way Yourself
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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Attention Change Feeling Growth Learning Moments Pay Present Time
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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Fear Ourselves Philosophy Spiritual Thinking Wisdom
Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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Arrive Desire Illusion Place
Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once were, or as we would like them to be, to feel secure or to have what we sometimes think of as our own way.
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Feeling Force Healing Ourselves Security Struggle Time
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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Body Growth Healing Listening Responsibility Yourself
Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy.
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Deserve Dignity Reminder Time Worth

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