Quotes About Mindfulness

Abrir la mente a la autoobservación y a la autoevaluación inteligente significa dejar entrar la duda razonable y someterse al fuero de la razón.

libertad auténtica es cuando la mente se desprende de lo inútil y de los miedos; cuando decide rechazar todos los apegos y los supuestos privilegios (estatus, poder, fama) que alimentan el ego hasta convertirlo en algo insufrible. Placeres del tener que nos atan o nos hacen caminar en círculos; malos placeres, diría

Mi felicidad consiste en que sé apreciar lo que tengo y no deseo con exceso lo que no tengo. LEÓN TOLSTÓI

Sin obsesionarnos por ello, la búsqueda de la excelencia (superación no egocéntrica) y el perfeccionamiento (mejoramiento continuo) definen el arte de vivir.

Habrá mayor síntoma de salud mental que no tomarse uno mismo muy en serio?

El perdón no es una obligación, es una elección libre que maneja sus propios tiempos.

La resistencia paciente del budista no es pasividad sino una estrategia para que los pensamientos y las emociones negativas no se apoderen de la mente y alteren el comportamiento. La asertividad, además de proteger nuestro amor propio, nos permite modular la violencia interior, para acceder a la dignidad de una manera inteligente.

La alegría no está en alcanzar el Yo ideal, sino en el proceso mismo de viajar hacia él sin despreciarse a sí mismo y sin ansiedad.

Si sólo te concentras en tus errores, no verás tus logros. Si sólo ves lo que te falta, no disfrutarás del momento, del aquí y el ahora. Rabindranath Tagore decía: "Si de noche lloras por el Sol, no verás las estrellas".

Do I situate myself in an environment that fosters recollection, that fosters calm, that allows me to see the value of things? Piles do not allow me to see the value of things. So what kind of space do I live in?

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

The first principle of practical Stoicism is this: we don't react to events; we react to our judgments about them, and the judgments are up to us.

seeing how small our affairs look in the larger scheme of things, the Stoic means to induce a felt sense of humility and attraction to virtue. The method can be called intuitive because it isn't a matter of argument. It's more a question of showing and pointing, and expecting perceptions and adjustments to follow directly from a new point of view.

We always feel as though we react to things in the world; in fact we react to things in ourselves. And sometimes changing ourselves will be more effective and sensible than trying to change the world.

Do not disturb yourself by imagining your whole life at once. Don't always be thinking about what sufferings, and how many, might possibly befall you. Ask instead, in each present circumstance: "What is there about this that is unendurable and unbearable?" You will be embarrassed to answer. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.36

Like a bowl of water, so is the soul; like the light falling on the water, so are the impressions the soul receives. When the water is disturbed, the light also seems to be disturbed; yet it is not disturbed. Epictetus, Discourses 3.4.20

When a steadfast mind knows that there is no difference between a day and an age, whatever the days or events that may come, then it can look out from the heights and laugh as it reflects on the succession of the ages. Seneca, Epistles 101.9

Don't imagine having things that you don't have. Rather, pick the best of the things that you do have and think of how much you would want them if you didn't have them. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 7.27

Google's scientist-in-residence Ray Kurzweil47 revealed in an interview. He said that when he is working on a difficult problem, he sets aside time, right before going to bed, to review all the pertinent issues and challenges. Then he goes to sleep and allows his unconscious mind to go to work.

The sleeping or relaxed brain cuts off distractions and turns inward, as the right hemisphere becomes more active, leading to periods of greater connectivity.

Roko Belic, who believes that "gratitude is a shortcut to happiness.

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.

Chiun had often warned him against thinking too much, lest his greater senses be dulled to the subtleties of the moment.

There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.