Quotes About Mindfulness

You feel resentful to be on the low side of the comparison, yet being on the high side brings no peace either, because there's no such thing as being better all the time. So this is a great game to give up---you win by walking away.

Praeitis, dabartis ir ateitis yra m?s? s?mon?s savyb?s. Praeitis – tai prisiminimai, ateitis – laukimas, o dabartis – tikrasis suvokimas. Tod?l laikas yra minties judesys. Ir praeitis, ir ateitis t?ra vaizduot?je, ir tik dabartis – m?s? suvokimas – yra amžina. Dabartyje slypi laiko – erdv?s, materijos ir energijos potencialas.

Perfect happiness would be a state of constant pleasantness. We all know this is unrealistic and will never be attained.

Any other way of living leads to strain and struggle. Success achieved on the basis of struggle may bring good things to us, but the inner fulfillment we seek from these things will be lacking.

Of course he could still conjure up the old faces. But they didn't return on their own anymore. In order to see images of Channa or Suddhodana, he would ask to see them. "Learn to use your memories," he told the younger bikkhus. "Don't let them use you.

least 40 to 50 percent of happiness depends on lifestyle choices.

In an ideal world everyone would ask "Who am I?" every day, and since "I" is constantly shifting, each new day would bring a new answer.

Qué es más fuerte que la realidad? Saber que tú eres el creador de tu realidad. Ese es el punto fundamental.

In the end, learning how to feel your way through life offers the best hope of happiness and success.

Someone once told me, The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called the present.

Cuando dejas de crecer, envejeces.» Los nuevos conocimientos, las habilidades nuevas, las nuevas maneras de mirar el mundo mantienen en crecimiento a la mente y al cuerpo; mientras así sea, se expresa la tendencia natural de ser nuevo a cada segundo.

To discover who you really are, you must go beyond who you think you are. To find peace, you must go beyond fear. To experience unconditional love, you must go beyond conditional love, the kind that comes and goes.

re-examine everything you think will get you ahead in life—money, possessions, status, accomplishments—and see them as a source of suffering

By taking explicit notice of breathing patterns, listening with intention to your heartbeat, or reciting a phrase in your mind, infinite possibilities present themselves.

Ya sea que lamentes algo de tu pasado o te preocupes por algo del futuro, estás provocando cambios en tu cuerpo. En otras palabras, pasas gran parte de tu vida metabolizando tiempo. (...)¿qué pasaría si no tuvieras una historia? Tu vida sería mucho más simple y más natural. No tendrías una imagen pública que defender. No tendrías miedo del mañana porque sin una historia que seguir aceptarías cualquier experiencia y la dejarías ir.

Para notar algo hay que ignorar todo lo demás. Así es como lo no circunscrito se vuelve circunscrito. Cuando noto algo, ignoro todo aquello que lo rodea pero que contribuye a su existencia y, por lo tanto, forma parte de él.

En la vida, eres lo que comes. Esa debería ser una advertencia suficiente.

Don't focus on age," she says with a touch of impatience. "It doesn't exist.

What others think of you is none of your business.

Relinquish your attachment to the outcome. This means giving up your rigid attachment to a specific result and living in the wisdom of uncertainty. It means enjoying every moment in the journey of your life, even if you don't know the outcome.

Psychologically, stress results whenever anxiety about the future or regrets about the past are invoked.

Attention energizes, and intention transforms. Whatever you put your attention on will grow stronger in your life. Whatever you take your attention away from will wither, disintegrate, and disappear. Intention, on the other hand, triggers transformation of energy and information. Intention organizes its own fulfillment.

Published findings indicate that meditation and various contemplative practices may improve immune response by stimulating the vagus nerve in such a way that inflammation is reduced.

Whenever you take action, have the attitude that you are not performing the action. Have the attitude that your actions are really the actions of nonlocal intelligence, the organizing universal spirit. You will begin to notice a great diminution of anxiety. You will also be less attached to the result.