You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
JON KABAT-ZINNIn any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.
More Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
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Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.
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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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There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.
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Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
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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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It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
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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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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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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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Meditation is simply about being yourself and know about who that is.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
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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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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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We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.
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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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