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> [Except that it’s not really 'now' that the inner critic attacks. It’s a few seconds or a minute ago. The inner critic depends upon comparison, and when we are fully aware in the present moment, when there is no past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/except-that-it-s-not-really-now-that-the-inner-critic-attacks-it-s-a/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

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## More by Jan Chozen Bays

> [Resting in this moment, we have no age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/resting-in-this-moment-we-have-no-age/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [We wouldn't pay to rent and watch the same painful movie two hundred fifty times, but somehow we let our mind replay a bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/we-wouldn-t-pay-to-rent-and-watch-the-same-painful-movie-two-hundred/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [Mindful eating is a way to become reacquainted with the guidance of our internal nutritionist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/mindful-eating-is-a-way-to-become-reacquainted-with-the-guidance-of/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [Several times a day, stop and just listen. Open your hearing 360 degrees, as if your ears were giant radar dishes. Listen to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/several-times-a-day-stop-and-just-listen-open-your-hearing-360/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [When you are unhappy, discover what you are clinging to and let it go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/when-you-are-unhappy-discover-what-you-are-clinging-to-and-let-it-go/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [Mindfulness is deliberately paying full attention to what is happening around you-in your body, heart and mind. Mindfulness is awareness without criticism or judgment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/mindfulness-is-deliberately-paying-full-attention-to-what-is/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [“Kind words are a gift. They create wealth in the heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/kind-words-are-a-gift-they-create-wealth-in-the-heart/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [“Anxiety is the subtle and pervasive destroyer of our happiness. It depends on thoughts of past and future. It cannot exist in the present.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/anxiety-is-the-subtle-and-pervasive-destroyer-of-our-happiness-it/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [If we practice stepping into the unknown, moment by moment, hour by hour, millions of times, then death is just the next step into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/if-we-practice-stepping-into-the-unknown-moment-by-moment-hour-by/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [Except that it’s not really 'now' that the inner critic attacks. It’s a few seconds or a minute ago. The inner critic depends upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/except-that-it-s-not-really-now-that-the-inner-critic-attacks-it-s-a/)

[Jan Chozen Bays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-chozen-bays/)

> [The problem is not in the food... The problem lies in the mind. It lies in our lack of awareness of the messages coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-chozen-bays/the-problem-is-not-in-the-food-the-problem-lies-in-the-mind-it-lies/)

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