Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.
JON KABAT-ZINNMeditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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 real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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Mindful parenting is the hardest job on the planet, but it’s also one that has the potential for the deepest kinds of satisfactions over the life span, and the greatest feelings of interconnectedness and community and belonging.
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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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See for yourself whether letting go when a part of you really wants to hold on doesn’t bring a deeper satisfaction than clinging.
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When you’re walking, just walk. When you’re eating, just eat. Not in front of the TV, not with the newspaper. It turns out, that’s huge.
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Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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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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When experience is viewed in a certain way, it presents nothing but doorways into the soul.
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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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Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?
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