You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
JON KABAT-ZINNWriting can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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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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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate 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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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 you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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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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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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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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Meditation is not about feeling a certain way. It’s about feeling the way you feel.
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