Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.
JON KABAT-ZINNAll the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
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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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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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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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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.
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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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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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The real meditation is how you live your life.
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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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Meditation is really a non-doing. It is the only human endeavor I know of being where you already are.
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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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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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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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