Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.
JON KABAT-ZINNIn any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
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Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold on to or reject anything.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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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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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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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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You are only here now; you’re only alive in this moment.
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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 paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.
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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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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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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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You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.
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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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The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
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Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.
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