Quotes About Mindfulness

Surrender and living in the present are one and the same.

Being spiritual does not mean being dead serious. If you allow life to happen within you exuberantly, unbridled, you will touch the spirit.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it.

All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself.

Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.

Acceptance is the spiritual hammock.

There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.

The secret of a balanced life is to live each moment in the right spiritual frame of mind.

Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

The human condition: lost in thought.

To go out of your mind at least once a day is tremendously important. By going out of your mind, you come to your senses.

Instead of wondering WHY this is happening to you, consider why this is happening to YOU.

Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth.

Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.

True salvation is freedom from negativity.

Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this, it seems to have remained a secret.

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to ourselves, where we can really experience and taste our full being.

Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself through you.

Grace is available for each of us every day - our spiritual daily bread - but we've got to remember to ask for it with a grateful heart and not worry about whether there will be enough for tomorrow.

What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you.

Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.