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When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.

~Jon Kabat-Zinn

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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.

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Most people don't realize that the mind constantly chatters. And yet, that chatter winds up being the force that drives us much of the day in terms of what we do, what we react to, and how we feel.

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To drop into being means to recognize your interconnectedness with all life, and with being itself. Your very nature is being part of larger and larger spheres of wholeness.

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All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.

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In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you're not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.

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Mindfulness 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.

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Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.

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Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.

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Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: June 5th, 1944

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