Quotes About Mindfulness

I am here, available to life. And life is available to me.

All the elements for your happiness are already here. There's no need to run, strive, search or struggle. Just be.

Just as a monkey jumps from one tree to another, so people jump from one prison of sensual love to another

If, in your mind, you think, "I wish this fellow would quit talking, so I could concentrate," you have already lost your mindfulness. But if you think, instead, "If he wishes to talk, I will answer, but I will continue in mindfulness, aware of the fact that we are walking along this path together, aware of what we say, I can continue to watch my breath as well.

As the blade of a sword cannot cut itself, so a thought cannot see itself.

La práctica de la plena conciencia es muy sencilla. Te detienes, respiras y aquietas la mente. Vuelves a tu verdadero hogar para disfrutar del aquí y el ahora a cada momento.

Te invito a que pienses profundamente en la práctica de la plena consciencia como una forma maravillosa de proporcionar alimento espiritual, tanto a tu comunidad como a ti mismo. Esa es una energía capaz de alimentar al mundo. Y cuando ves que esta práctica nutre al mundo, te sientes muy feliz porque estás conectado con la vida y sirviéndola de un modo muy real.

Imagine two hens about to be slaughtered, but they do not know it. One hen says to the other, "The rice is much tastier than the corn. The corn is slightly off." She is talking about relative joy. She does not realize that the real joy of this moment is the joy of not being slaughtered, the joy of being alive.

But the path back home is not long. Home is inside us. Going home requires only sitting down and being with yourself, accepting the situation as it is. Yes, it might be a mess in there, but we accept it because we know we have left home for a long time. So now we're home. With our in-breath and our out-breath, our mindful breathing, we begin to tidy up our homes.

Each of us needs a reserve of memories and experiences that are beautiful, healthy, and strong enough to help us during difficult moments. Sometimes when the pain in us is so big, we cannot truly touch life's wonders. We need help. But if we have a strong storehouse of happy memories and experiences, we can bring them to mind to help us embrace the block of pain inside.

We can put an end to our suffering just by realizing that our suffering is not worth suffering for! How

Both death and life are happening at every instant in the river of our physical body.

Truth is reality itself and not concepts. If we cling to a certain number of concepts and consider them as being reality, we lose reality.

we are very good at preparing to live but not very good at living. we can spend 10 yrs to get a diploma or a degree, car, job but have difficulty remembering that we are alive. every breathe we take can be filled with joy, peace, serenity. we only need to be awake and alive in the moment.

The way we live our daily lives is what most effects the situation of the world. If we can change our daily lives, then we can change our governments and… the world. Our president and governments are us. They reflect our lifestyle and our way of thinking

Todos tenemos en nuestro interior bloqueos procedentes de la energía de los hábitos. Esta clase de energía inconsciente nos hace repetir la misma conducta miles de veces. Nos empuja a correr de un lado a otro, a estar haciendo siempre alguna cosa, a dejarnos llevar por nuestros pensamientos sobre el pasado o el futuro y a culpar a los demás de nuestro sufrimiento. Bloquea nuestra capacidad de sentirnos serenos y felices en el momento presente.

While you are walking, smile and be in the here and now, and you will transform that place into paradise.

If you are a poet, you will clearly see a cloud floating on this sheet of paper. Thich Nhat Hanh

En esta comida veo, con toda claridad, la presencia del universo entero sustentando mi existencia.

You can choose what to focus on, and therefore what to be. You can choose to be your in-breath and out-breath. You can choose to listen with your whole being to the sound of the rain or the wind, and in some way to be one with the rain or the wind. Listening to sounds in this way can be very joyful. When you are in touch with these refreshing and healing elements, you are being, and not thinking.

Whether or not one is alive depends on whether one is mindful.

Another time the Buddha recounted a story which made me suddenly see the supreme importance of practicing mindfulness of one's own self--that is, to protect and care for one's self, not being preoccupied about the way others look after themselves, a habit of mind which gives rise to resentment and anxiety.

Most of the time, our head is so full of thoughts that we have no space to listen to ourselves or anyone else.

Don't worry if those around you aren't doing their best. Just worry about how to make yourself worthy. Doing your best is the surest way to remind those around you to do their best.