PinPatience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.PinYou can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.PinIf we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.PinPerhaps the most “spiritual” thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.PinMindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness…PinMaybe the fear is that we are less than we think we are, when the actuality of it is that we are much much more.PinGive yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.PinLook at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them… Without knowing it, we are coloring everything, putting our spin on it all.PinMindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.PinPractice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence.PinWe take care of the future best by taking care of the present now.PinIt is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.
“You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
PinMindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.PinLike it or not, this moment is all we really have to work with.PinThe best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness.PinMindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.PinThe little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.PinWriting can be an incredible mindfulness practice.PinMake a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.PinAll the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.PinYou cannot imitate somebody else’s journey and still be true to yourself.PinNote that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else’s. So the path has to be your own.PinWherever you go, there you are.
12 Inspirational Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes About Life (MEDITATION)
PinFrom the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.PinGive more than you think you can, trusting that you are richer than you think.
“Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
PinJust watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?PinIntelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.PinWhen you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.PinA lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of ‘spiritual’ truth.PinAt the deepest level, there is no giver, no gift, and no recipient… only the universe rearranging itself.PinHe who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.PinEven before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that’s compounded by a factor of trillions.PinThe real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.PinArriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.
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