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.
JON KABAT-ZINNMindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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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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Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
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Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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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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Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness.
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When awareness embraces the senses, it enlivens them.
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No one can listen to your body for you. To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.
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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.
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Just stopping, is a radical act of sanity and love.
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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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Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It’s a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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Perhaps 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.
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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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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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