Maybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Awareness Is Not The Same As ThoughtMore Like A Vessel Which Can Hold And Contain Our Thinking — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Awareness is not the same as thinking. It is a complementary form of intelligence, a way of knowing that is at least… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
"Resting in awareness" is one of those phrases used a lot by people who practice mindfulness. But when I tried to do… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Wherever you go, there you are. Whatever you wind up doing, that's what you've wound up doing. Whatever you are thinking right… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
It is a form of violence, to not see a being for who he or she really is. You think, "Oh, that's… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Even though in principle we may "know better", we routinely succumb all the same to the incessant, often frantic and unexamined busyness… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
It’s interesting to look at your children as line-in Zen masters who can put their finger on places where you’re resistant, or… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Another way to look at meditation is to view thinking itself as a waterfall, a cascading of thought. In cultivating mindfulness, we… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Awareness is not the same as thought. It lies beyond thinking, although it makes no use of thinking, honoring it's value and… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Karma is often wrongly confused with the notion of a fixed destiny. It is more like an accumulation of tendencies that can lock us… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
“One practical way to do this is to look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
I thought it was a stroke of genius that Hans Selye used the word stress, because it's true that if you don't know how… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
“dwell in stillness and to observe without reacting and without judging.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
“Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them… Without knowing it, we are… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
“In fact, even if distraction does alleviate your pain or help to cope with it some of the time, bringing mindfulness to it can… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share
