--- title: "1 Breathe Deeply Quotes By Jed McKenna" description: "1 Breathe Deeply quotes by Jed McKenna. Plus more from Jed McKenna and more Breathe Deeply sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/jed-mckenna-15841_time_try-to-take-it-one-step-at-a-time-even-l_1764142.jpg" --- > [“Try to take it one step at a time. Even looking two steps ahead can be very intimidating, know what I mean? Breathe more deeply, drink more water, meditate more often. Take it easy. You’re not struggling to climb from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/try-to-take-it-one-step-at-a-time-even-looking-two-steps-ahead-can-be/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/jed-mckenna-15841_time_try-to-take-it-one-step-at-a-time-even-l_1764142.jpg) ## More by Jed McKenna > [“The American dream of freedom and abundance is just a child’s rendering of true freedom and abundance, and serves only to convince people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/the-american-dream-of-freedom-and-abundance-is-just-a-child-s/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“I don’t see it as my role to save or rescue anybody any more than regular people feel the need to rescue each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/i-don-t-see-it-as-my-role-to-save-or-rescue-anybody-any-more-than/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“Before enlightenment I believed my ego was me, then enlightenment comes along and no more ego, only the underlying reality. Now it’s after enlightenment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/before-enlightenment-i-believed-my-ego-was-me-then-enlightenment/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“No disrespect to the Buddha is intended. If there was a Buddha and he was enlightened, then it’s Buddhism that insults his memory, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/no-disrespect-to-the-buddha-is-intended-if-there-was-a-buddha-and-he/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“Suffering just means you’re having a bad dream. Happiness means you’re having a good dream. Enlightenment means getting out of the dream altogether.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/suffering-just-means-you-re-having-a-bad-dream-happiness-means-you-re/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“The point is to wake up, not to earn a Ph.D. In waking up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/the-point-is-to-wake-up-not-to-earn-a-ph-d-in-waking-up/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“There’s nothing left to contend against and nothing left that must be done, and there will never be anything that must be done ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/there-s-nothing-left-to-contend-against-and-nothing-left-that-must-be/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“How many years have I spent lighting incense and candles? Meditating? Chasing after gurus and teachers, reading all that crap, following every stupid new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/how-many-years-have-i-spent-lighting-incense-and-candles-meditating/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“Once you start seeing this place for the madhouse it is, you can’t stop seeing it that way. It’s everywhere, everyone. It doesn’t make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/once-you-start-seeing-this-place-for-the-madhouse-it-is-you-can-t/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“Further   Whoever was responsible for the idea of dividing self into lower and higher parts committed a serious crime against humanity. This division…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/further-whoever-was-responsible-for-the-idea-of-dividing-self-into/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“The emperor has no clothes, and sooner or later everyone is going to see what’s staring them right in the face. When that happens,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/the-emperor-has-no-clothes-and-sooner-or-later-everyone-is-going-to/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“The you that you think of as you (and that thinks of you as you, and so on) is not you, it’s just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/the-you-that-you-think-of-as-you-and-that-thinks-of-you-as-you-and-so/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“There seems to be an attitude that opinion counts for something. Goethe said none are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/there-seems-to-be-an-attitude-that-opinion-counts-for-something/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“I don’t have something you don’t; you believe something I don’t.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/i-don-t-have-something-you-don-t-you-believe-something-i-don-t/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) > [“The really strange thing about being awake isn’t being awake; it’s the people that aren’t. They’re walking and talking in their dreamstates; some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mckenna/the-really-strange-thing-about-being-awake-isn-t-being-awake-it-s-the/) [Jed McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mckenna/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathe-deeply/jed-mckenna/#itemlist", "name": "1 Breathe Deeply Quotes By Jed McKenna", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Try to take it one step at a time. Even looking two steps ahead can be very intimidating, know what I mean? Breathe more deeply, drink more water, meditate more often. Take it easy. You’re not struggling to climb from hell into heaven, you’re just having an in-the-body experience. 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