Quotes About Mindfulness

Love is not a matter of what happens in life. It's a matter of what's happening in your heart.

Learn from the past, Hope for the future, Live in the present.

Although mindfulness does not remove the ups and downs of life, it changes how experiences like losing a job, getting a divorce, struggling at home or at school, births, marriages, illnesses, death and dying influence you and how you influence the experience. . . . In other words, mindfulness changes your relationship to life.

We can take away some encouraging things from this. One is a bit of perspective. I mean, really, whatever you woke up worrying about this morning, get over it. How important in the greater scheme of things can it possibly be? Make your peace and move on.

African proverb, "Life is like eating an elephant; you need to do it one mouthful at a time.

Si tienes cincuenta años, ejercita tu mente y tu cuerpo con regularidad, come bien y mantén un entusiasmo general por la vida;

Dada la facilidad con la que nos distraemos, unos simples minutos cada día pueden ser un poderoso medio de reconectar con nosotros mismos, fortaleciendo la conciencia de quiénes somos bajo la superficie. Como la mayoría de las cosas que merece la pena hacer, no es fácil, pero siempre nos espera una recompensa.

Being in your Element is about connecting with and dwelling in the positive feelings that express and fulfill your own spiritual energies. One way of discovering the roots of these feelings, and of finding your Element, is through the practices of mindfulness. These practices draw on the principles and techniques of meditation that I suggested in chapter one.

Weil argues that emotional well-being is just as important as physical well-being and that we need to create the conditions that allow us to be happy through circumstances within our control. "Happiness arises spontaneously from sources within us," he says. "Seeking it outside ourselves is counterproductive.

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

This present moment, since it knows neither past nor future, is itself timeless, and that which is timeless is Eternal. Thus "the eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.

Between life's stimuli and our habitual responses exists choice.

Do not have any anxiety about anything.

Step number six to receiving answered prayer is in your every waking moment, think on the greatness of God and His goodness, and count your blessings. This will increase your faith.

Our supper is plain but we are very wonderful.

without thought, for you are not ready for thought

Why waste energy with wasted movements?] Very commonly, tightening and furrowing the brow while concentrating... Is the brain a muscle that works better by tensing the skull?

Relaxation is the key to speed and quicker reaction time.

Balance of emotions is what is important... and remembering to laugh at oneself. Alan Watts used to say that angels, like Daoist Immortals, can fly because they take themselves lightly!

Carrying water and chopping wood are just as much spiritual practices as reading scriptures.

The point of Zen is not to defy reason but to recognize the limitations of rationality.

Every day is a good day" does not mean hitting the jackpot everyday. Nor does it mean getting a promise from God or Buddha. Rather it refers to the blissful state in which one can accept reality totally and unconditionally.

When was the last time you noticed the beauty of a cool breeze or the wonder of a starry sky or the vibrancy of a wild flower on the roadside? I used to have the ability to instantly appreciate the beauty of all these when I was a child, but by the time I was twenty it was almost lost. (It took a lot of Zen practice for me to regain it.) The world has not changed that much; there are still summer breezes, night skies, and wild flowers. But where has the perception gone?

Zen is a transcultural and trans-religious phenomenon. No matter where you are, you can always find it. Zen is in you.