Quotes About Mindfulness

Emotion literally means "disturbance." The word comes from the Latin emovere, meaning "to disturb.

Being. Enlightenment is not only the end of suffering and of continuous conflict within and without, but also the end of the dreadful enslavement to incessant thinking. What an incredible liberation this is!

Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.

Trying to become a good or better human being sounds like a commendable and high-minded thing to do, yet it is an endeavor you cannot ultimately succeed in unless there is a shift in consciousness.

what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment

how "spiritual" you are has nothing to do with what you believe but everything to do with your state of consciousness.

how "spiritual" you are has nothing to do with what you believe but everything to do with your state of consciousness. This, in turn, determines how you act in the world and interact with others.

De hecho, en el momento en que dejas de juzgar y aceptas lo que es, eres libre de la mente. Has creado espacio para el amor, para la alegría, para la paz.

That is the joy of Being," I said. "You can only feel it when you get out of your head. Being must be felt. It can't be thought.

How" is always more important than "what." See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it.

The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.

What a liberation to realize that the "voice in my head" is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that. The awareness that is prior to thought, the space in which the thought—or the emotion or sense perception—happens.

Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everybody is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being. It also creates a false mind-made self that casts a shadow of fear and suffering.

The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you're taking this moment.

As long as you don't recognize those thought forms within yourself, as long as they remain unconscious, you will believe in what they say; you will be condemned to acting out those unconscious thoughts, condemned to seeking and not finding—because when those thought forms operate, no possession, place, person, or condition will ever satisfy you.

PRIMERO DEJAS DE JUZGARTE A TI MISMO; después dejas de juzgar a tu pareja. El mayor catalizador del cambio en las relaciones es la aceptación total de tu pareja tal como es, dejando completamente de juzgarla y de intentar cambiarla.

Action arising out of insight into what is required is more effective than action arising out of negativity.

But any changes that you make, whether they have to do with your work, your relationships, or your surroundings, are ultimately only cosmetic unless they arise out of a change in your level of consciousness.

Can you feel there is something in you that would rather be right than at peace?

who are you? Consciousness that has become conscious of itself.

A large part of many people's lives is consumed by an obsessive preoccupation with things. This

Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present moment but wanting to be in the future. You can move fast, work fast, or run without projecting yourself into the future and without resisting the present. As you move, do it totally, enjoying the flow of energy at that moment. Or when you do nothing and the mind says you should be working. You are wasting time - observe the mind. Smile at it!

Always say "yes" to the present moment.

You only experience the present moment, or rather what happens in it. If you go by direct evidence only, then there is no time, and the Now is all there is.