When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
JON KABAT-ZINNPerhaps 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.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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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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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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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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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.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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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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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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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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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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