“TRY: Asking yourself in this moment, “Am I awake?,” “Where is my mind right now?” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“After all, if you really aren't trying to get anywhere else in this moment, patience takes care of itself.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see?… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Rather, it is bearing in mind what is most important to you so that it is not lost or betrayed in the… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Breathe and let be. [...] [G]ive yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself. — 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
“Life only unfolds in moments. The healing power of mindfulness lies in living each of those moments as fully as we can,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Oh, I’ve had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I’d have more of them. In fact, I’d… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment.… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Through it all, we attempt to bring balance to the present moment, understanding that in patience lies wisdom, knowing that what will… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“The point here is simply that it is useful at times to admit to yourself that you don’t know your way and… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
We are continuously bombarded with information, appeals, deadlines, communications... We are continually being squeezed or projected into the future as our present… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“If we are unaware of what we are doing a good deal of the time, and we don’t particularly like the way… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“[W]hat seems to be happening at the moment is never the full story is really going on. [...] [F]or the honey bee,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
When we let go of wanting something else to happen in this moment, we are taking a profound step toward being able… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Buckminster Fuller himself was fond of stating that what seems to be happening at the moment is never the full story of… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Once in awhile throughout the day...let go into full acceptance of the present moment, including how you are feeling and what you… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing something about who that is. It is about coming to realize that you are… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy. Sometimes we don't feel that… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“[L]ive life as if each moment was important, as if each moment counted and could be worked with, even if it was… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“The virtues of getting up early have nothing to do with cramming more hours of busyness and industry into one's day. Just… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“In some ways, it’s as if you died and the world continued on. If you did die, all your responsibilities and obligations… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“TRY: During the day, see if you can detect the bloom of the present moment in every moment, the ordinary ones, the… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
There is just this moment. We are not trying to improve or to get anywhere else. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Stillness, insight, and wisdom arise only when we can settle into being complete in this moment, without having to seek or hold… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“It has to do with examining who we are, with questioning our view of the world and our place in it, 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“dwell in stillness and to observe without reacting and without judging.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
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 Image
Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it. — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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![“[L]ive life as if each moment was important, as if each moment counted and could be worked with, even if it was a moment of pain, sadness, despair, or fear. This "work" involves above all the regular, disciplined practice of moment-to-moment awareness or mindfulness, the complete "owning" of each…” quote by Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/13c/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_fear_l-ive-life-as-if-each-moment-was-importa_882658.jpg)
