Mindfulness Quotes - Page 9

• To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is simply not to allow yourself to get lost in regrets about the past or worries about the future. If you are firmly grounded in the present moment, the past can be an object of inquiry, the object of your mindfulness and concentration. You can attain many insights by looking into the past. But you are still grounded in the present moment.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Regret, Mean

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• I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath.

  Nhat Hanh

  Baby, Jesus, Giving

  Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). “The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation”, p.61, Beacon Press

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• Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.

  Robin Sharma

  Powerful, Reality, Mind

  Robin Sharma (2003). “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny”, p.56, Jaico Publishing House

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• Luck is largely a matter of paying attention.

  Susan M Dodd

  Inspirational, Luck, Attention

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• Our own worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our own compassionate thoughts.

  Gautama Buddha

  Life, Worst Enemy, Helping

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• We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.

  Jack Kornfield

  Letting Go, Buddhism, Profound

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• Live the actual moment. Only this moment is life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Tea Drinking, Live In The Moment

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2012). “The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh”, p.50, Shambhala Publications

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• Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Life, Live In The Moment, Moments

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.35, New World Library

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• The more I give myself permission to live in the moment and enjoy it without feeling guilty or judgmental about any other time, the better I feel about the quality of my work.

  Wayne Dyer

  Giving, Feelings, Live In The Moment

  Wayne dyer, Wayne W. Dyer (1981). “The sky's the limit”, Pocket

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• To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Breathing, Meditation

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• The present moment is that one point where everything comes together.

  Robert Anthony

  Together, Moments, Present Moment

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• You should enjoy the present moment because this is all you have. Create for tomorrow, but live in and for today.

  Robert Anthony

  Today, Tomorrow, Moments

  Robert Anthony (2004). “Beyond Positive Thinking: A No-Nonsense Formula for Getting the Results You Want”, p.60, Morgan James Publishing

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• When you have learned, through discipline, to simplify your life, and so practiced the mindfulness of meditation, and through it loosened the hold of aggression, clinging, and negativity on your whole being, the wisdom of insight can slowly dawn. And in the all-revealing clarity of its sunlight, this insight can show you, distinctly and directly, both the subtlest workings of your own mind and the nature of reality.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Reality, Discipline, Meditation

  FaceBook post by Sogyal Rinpoche from Feb 12, 2017

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• find your eternity in each moment

  Henry David Thoreau

  Carpe Diem, Islands, Eternity Of Life

  Henry David Thoreau, Jeffrey S. Cramer (2007). “I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau”, p.395, Yale University Press

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• The habit of spending nearly every waking moment lost in thought leaves us at the mercy of whatever our thoughts happen to be. Meditation is a way of breaking this spell.

  Sam Harris

  Meditation, Way, Waking

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• There are a lot of different ways to talk about mindfulness, but what it really means is awareness.

  Jon Kabat-Zinn

  Mean, Way, Different

  "Mindfulness". "60 Minutes", www.cbsnews.com. December 14, 2014.

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• I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.

  Brené Brown

  Gratitude, Extraordinary Moments, Finding Happiness

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• The mind is like tofu. By itself, it has no taste. Everything depends on the flavor of the marinade it steeps in.

  Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

  Mind, Tofu, Flavor

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• I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

  Ron Reagan

  Buddhist, Kindness, Teaching

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• You have to look at your own thought forms. Are you sitting around and thinking a lot of negative thoughts? These injure the subtle body. When you hate, when you are angry, you bring that energy through you.

  Frederick Lenz

  Hate, Buddhism, Thinking

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• Mindfulness is passive meditation. It is passive because your energy and your attention are divided between your actions and your practice, your meditation.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Practice, Meditation

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• To diminish the suffering of pain, we need to make a crucial distinction between the pain of pain, and the pain we create by our thoughts about the pain. Fear, anger, guilt, loneliness and helplessness are all mental and emotional responses that can intensify pain.

  Howard Cutler

  Pain, Loneliness, Buddhism

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• There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space. Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes he smiles upon the earth.

  Khalil Gibran

  Pain, Eye, Hands

  Khalil Gibran, “Giving Chapter V”

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• You know you've been in flow when time seems to have disappeared.

  Susan Perry

  Flow, Knows, Seems

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• Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.

  Pema Chodron

  Relationship, Real, Compassion

  Pema Chodron (2003). “Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion”, p.73, Shambhala Publications

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