Quotes About Mindfulness

He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.

People in their handling of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

There is no need to run outside for better seeing... Rather abide at the center of your being For the more you leave it the less you learn. Search your heart and see... The way to do is to be.

Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny."

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels...

Change how you breathe to change how you feel. Specifically, "belly breathing," or taking deep, diaphragmatic breaths that cause your belly to rise and fall, has an immediate soothing effect on your nervous system.

Fear. Help you get some heightened awareness. - Braden Chaney

Become a good noticer. Pay attention to the feelings, hunches, and intuitions that flood your life each day. If you do, you will see that premonitions are not rare, but a natural part of our lives.

The point of spirituality is not to separate oneself from the natural world and from others; rather, it is to make one's own actions in the natural world and one's interactions with others sacred,

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.

Inner peace and a clear conscience can't always be trusted.

They say you don't need to develop jhanic states, just enough concentration to be with any object for as long as it exists, so you can see that it arises and passes away.

It is good to sit a little longer than you want to so you see the part of your mind that resists practice

Sometimes the breath is very fine, like silk or satin; it enters and exits freely. How wonderful just to be breathing! At other times it is coarse, more like burlap; it fights its way in and out. Sometimes the breath is so deep and smooth that it affects the whole body, relaxing us profoundly. Other times it's so short and pinched, hurried and agitated, that our minds and bodies are like that, restless and uncomfortable.

direct seeing of our inner and outer life, and on learning from what we see, has invigorated and inspired my life.

We're not looking at the breath in order to get to enlightenment.

I am actually deeply grateful to that Korean mosquito.

You just give total attention to the movement of energy known as fear, total mindfulness, not separating yourself from it at all, also not identifying with it.

Especially in the modern world, where everybody is so impressed with variety and complexity, so desperate to be entertained, it is a relief to settle into this simple repetitive act.

You sit and are aware of the breathing, but not in a pinpoint way. Your attention is not at the nostrils or chest or abdomen but, in a much more open way, on the whole body, a panoramic view of the sitting breathing body.

but you're beginning to get a taste of what it is like to be free and clear, wholehearted and effortless.

They can't believe they're just supposed to sit there and watch the breath.

But seeing that the mind has wandered is practice.