Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
JON KABAT-ZINNWhen awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.
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Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
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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.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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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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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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In letting go of wanting something special to occur, maybe we can realize that something special is already occurring.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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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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