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From Quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Meditation means learning how to get out of this current, sit by its bank and listen to it, learn from it, and then use its…
- From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance , or some time each day with no purpose. Practice…
- In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving oneself over to…
- All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.
- From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.
- If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really…
- Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy. Sometimes we don't feel that way because of…
- 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 the…
- The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
- I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing the world into…
- It is what makes us human, what distinguishes us from other animals. We can be aware of being aware.
- The notion that the mind and body are actually different sides of the same coin goes all the way back to the origins of medicine.…
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