Quotes About Mindfulness

The present moment is really all that we have. The only place you can really love another person is in the present.

To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.

Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?

The art of living is neither careless drifting on the one hand or fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consist in being completely sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive - Allan Watts

When we struggle to change ourselves we, in fact, only continue the patterns of self-judgement and aggression. We keep the war against ourselves alive.

As we follow a genuine path of practice, our sufferings may seem to increase because we no longer hide from them or from ourselves. When we do not follow the old habits of fantasy and escape, we are left facing the actual problems and contradictions of our life.

In this there is no judgment and no blame, for we seek not to perfect the world but to perfect our love for what is on this earth.

Buddhist teachings are not a religion, they are a science of mind.

We need energy, commitment, and courage not to run from our life nor to cover it over with any philosophy—material or spiritual.

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

Your happiness and suffering depend on your actions and not on my wishes for you.

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

George Washington Carver explained, "Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough." Mindfulness is this kind

Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring for them in a flexible and wise way. In meditation, we pay attention to our body with care and respect.

The human mind has absolute freedom within its true nature. You can attain your freedom intuitively. Do not work for freedom, rather allow the practice itself to be liberation. When you wish to rest, move your body slowly and stand up quietly. Practice this meditation in the morning or in the evening, or at any leisure time during the day. You will soon realize that your mental burdens are dropping away one by one, and that you are gaining an intuitive power hitherto unnoticed.

Things are wrong and people misbehave, causing our hatred and suffering to arise. But however painful our experiences may be, they are just painful experiences until we add the response of aversion or hatred. Only then does suffering arise. If we react with hatred and aversion, these qualities become habitual. Like a distorted autoimmune response, our misguided reaction of hatred does not protect us; rather, it becomes the cause of our continued unhappiness.

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is simply to release any images and emotions.

If you expect your life to be up and down, your mind will be much more peaceful.

wisdom? As the Zen texts explain, "To live in trusting

To meditate is to discover new possibilities, to awaken the capacities of us has to live more wisely, more lovingly, more compassionately, and more fully.

The suffering and happiness in our world, both individual and collective, depend on our consciousness.

Our life is shaped and determined by our thoughts. Usually we are only half conscious of the way thoughts direct our life; we are lost in thoughts as if they are reality. We take our own mental creations quite seriously, endorsing them without reservation.

The problem with the "wanting mind" is that even if you get what you think you want, it does not stop. It says, "All right, I have got the nice car, but now I need more money." It is always something that we do not have in the present moment—something that we want to obtain in order to satisfy our longing.

To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else.