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"You will learn that meditation is quite natural. Simply directing your attention in a careful, considered way is the beginning." β Jack Kornfield
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"Mindfulness is: paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally." β Jon Kabat-Zinn
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"We can transform a cascade of reactions into a series of choice points." β Mark Williams
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This is the ultimate trick question - because it tricks you into the best answer: which is Yes.
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"Our freedom to love arises from discovering that we can live without the concept of self and other." β Sharon Salzberg
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We give ourselves permission to make mistakes while learning a musical instrument or playing a computer game.
We should do the same as we walk our path through life.
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"I discovered that unworthiness is not helped by striving. I learned that for real healing I needed compassion." β Jack Kornfield
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My previous sensitivity of mind states has been swamped by a problem with brain fog.
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"Mindfulness provides a way to discern those patterns of mind that serve us and those patterns of mind that create and perpetuate suffering." β Mark Williams
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"Intellectualizing and analyzing doesnβt work when low mood has been triggered. Remembering that thoughts are βjust thoughtsβ is a wiser strategy." β Mark Williams
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"If we can perceive a thought such as βIβm always going to feel this wayβ as a thought, we instantly rob it of its power to upset us." β Mark Williams
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Thich Nhat Hanh said of walking meditation:
"You walk, and you do it as if you are the happiest person in the world."
The happiness he's referring to is a peaceful kind of joy.
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"Luminous is consciousness, brightly shining is its nature, but it becomes clouded by the attachments that visit it." β from the Anguttara Nikaya
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Cultivate the qualities that meditation offers, and let *them* do the healing.
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"We purify the mind of the force of craving through the power of simplifying, knowing what we need in order to be happy." β Sharon Salzberg
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"Be a reservoir of joy, an oasis of peace, a pool of serenity that can ripple out to all those around you." β The Dalai Lama
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Mindfulness needs to be deliberately filled with the quality of goodwill.
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"When we sit down peacefully, breathing and smiling with awareness, we have sovereignty over ourselves." β Thich Nhat Hanh
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