Quotes About Mindfulness

Let miseries come in millions of rivers and happiness in hundreds! I am no slave to misery! I am no slave to happiness!

We are allowed to worship him. Stand in that reverent attitude to the whole universe, and then will come perfect non attachment

Every work that we do, every movement of the body, every thought that we think, leaves such an impression on the mind-stuff, and even when such impressions are not obvious on the surface, they are sufficiently strong to work beneath the surface, subconsciously. What we are every moment is determined by the sum total of these impressions on the mind.

If you project hatred and jealousy, they will rebound on you with compound interest. No power can avert them; when once you have put them in motion, you will have to bear them. Remembering this will prevent you from doing wicked things.

When this Sushumna current opens, and begins to rise, we get beyond the senses, our minds become supersensuous, superconscious -- we get beyond even the intellect

This is the sage who always works for work's sake without caring for the results.

we have to bear the result of our own actions because we attach ourselves to them. ...

All this bringing of the mind into a higher state of vibration is included in one word in Yoga — Samadhi.

He who in the midst of intense activity finds himself in the greatest calmness, and in the greatest peace finds intense activity, that is the greatest [Yogi as well as the wisest man]" (note 2).

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

A man is said to be [illumined] if his will has become firm, if his mind is not disturbed by misery, if he does not desire any happiness, if he is free of all [attachment], of all fear, of all anger

Where it is dark night for the [sense-bound] world, the self controlled [man] is awake.

Work incessantly, but give up all attachment to work." Do

Where one sees another, one hears another so long as there are two, there must be fear, and fear is the mother of all [misery].

Chanting is a simple practice. When you notice you are thinking about something else during the chant, let go of the thought and come back home, to the chant, to that place where we are expressing our inner purity.

You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to imagine something else. While you're skipping rope, you have to be able to see something else.

I've been really aware of how important it is to me to just stay in the moment and enjoy it while it lasts. Because that's all you've got. If it ends, I'll move on to doing something else. If it lasts, great.

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like being with children. You have to give it your full attention for however much time you have, and then you have to give something else your full attention.

I've been on swims where people have freaked out about sharks. You have to think about something else, otherwise it will absolutely paralyze you. I do math problems, anything.

Every time you do something good you have to stand back and breathe the moment in.

I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

Sometimes, the hardest things are just the simple things. Basically, get out of your own head and just go play the game you know how to play.