Quotes About Mindfulness

The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind; The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind. The flower opens, the butterfly comes; The butterfly comes, the flower opens. I don't know others, Others don't know me. By not-knowing we follow nature's course

In this dream world we doze and talk of dreams— dream, dream on, as much as you wish

Find patience in the breath of life.

The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.

And nothing's more frustrating than having feelings you didn't decide to have.

meditation, if it is observed without craving or attachment, leads to purity. The

One should never try to imagine or create sensations,

For me, remembrance of things past has always been a waste of time, and what's the point of tears? I don't know. I've always been focussed on today. Yesterday and tomorrow hold no interest for me. What had to happen, did, and what will happen, will.

Hayat dedi?in ba?ka nedir zaten? Ben ?una inan?yorum ki, üç buçuk günlük ömrümüzü kendimize zehir etmemek için ne mazideki hayat?m?za ve kaç?rd???m?z f?rsatlara ne de istikbalin olmayacak hülyalar?na kulak asmayarak bugünümüze hapsolup ya?amal?y?z.

I thought of neither the future or the past; I lived only in the present."- Madonna in A Fur Coat

?rademiz ve kafam?z bizi küçültecek bir i? yapmad?kça, i?kence sade bir fizyoloji meselesidir. Etlerimiz, sinirlerimiz dayanabildikleri kadar dayan?rlar. Sonra, tabiat ne emrederse o olur. Ama ruhumuzu kamç?latt?rmamak elimizdedir.

Vigilance helps grow a person character

And what makes humans so sure that thinking is the most important activity in the universe?...I on the contrary have never forgotten that first I existed and then, with a lot of difficulty, I learned to think." (p. 31)

I have learned to take a bit more off and rest a little deeper.

Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?

Reactivity is enslavement. Responsibility is freedom.

It is our compulsive reaction to the situations in which we are placed that causes stress.

To program the calories you must consume and the number of hours you must sleep is a foolish way to handle life.

If you handle your entire life with logic alone, you will end up a mess.

What is happening within you and how you experience your life is entirely your making – your karma.

The path is not difficult. It is very simple. If you are simple, it's very simple. If you are all wound up, the path is very, very winding. That's all it is.

If your sadness is reminding you that you are incomplete, it is good. Make use of your sadness to grow. When sadness sets in, if you become more compassionate, more caring, and more loving, you have some sense in you.

Man needs entertainment simply to hide his madness. If he was perfectly sane, he would not need entertainment. He could just sit and watch this bamboo grow. He does not really need entertainment.

Don't think of this as your first step or last step. Just be here as a piece of life. That is the best way to be. You are not a young man; you are not an old man. You are just a piece of life.