Quotes About Mindfulness

Exercise...because the soul isn't the only thing worth saving.

If a man felt hostility and aversion, but saw that he had poor or no grounds for his feeling, the remedy was to look for good or at least better grounds--a search hid predisposing thoughts would help him in.

Perceiving Clearly The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will. William James (1842-1910) Can we trust what we perceive? William James pointed to another attribute of attention: it helped augment the ''clearness of all that we perceive or conceive.

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This book extends some original implications of mindfulness. It explores the many positive, helpful subconscious aspects of remindfulness. It suggests ways that long-term meditative retraining can help cultivate hidden, affirmative resources of our subconscious memories. Accessing these subtle processes of transformation can enable us to adapt more effectively and to live more authentic lives. To

Do some involuntary forms of ''no-thought'' attention normally exist that can be cultivated during long-term meditative training?

I seem to have spent a good part of my life - probably too much – in just standing and staring.

He devoted a considerable amount of his acute intelligence to the cause of doing as little as possible.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue Chang - Lost Horizon (1933)

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue...

That of which we are not aware, owns us.

Wise leaders seek to understand how the brain reacts to stress and practise simple, almost meditative techniques to stay calm, clear and connected. They use maps, mantras and anchors to navigate their way through highly pressurized situations, both personal and professional, and to bring themselves back to the moment. In this way they and their teams stay on top of their game and on top of the situation.

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

Whenever you are in a critical temper, it is impossible to enter into communion with God.

Noticing helps you realize that your life is already suffused with the presence of God. Once you begin to look around and allow yourself to take a chance to believe in God, you will easily see God at work in your life.

First, you're not God. Second, this isn't heaven. Third, don't be an ass

What might our lives feel like if we didn't march through them with a scorecard, keeping a tally of our failures and successes? How would it be to stop pretending omniscience? Can you imagine being able to trust that the outcome of your efforts will be right, whatever the outcome? Even when it looks as though every effort is marked with failure?

The traditional first step is gratitude. You recall the good things that happened to you during the day, and you give thanks for any "benefits," as Ignatius wrote.

do not analyze or argue it, describe or define it—I am one with it.

being present." Once you are present to what you are saying, you express it differently, and as a result it sounds different

Occasionally during prayer, when I catch myself daydreaming, I say to myself, "You're speaking with God! Pay attention!

Detachment, freedom, and a sense of humor are signposts on the road to holiness.

We are gradually losing the art of silence. Of walking down the street lost in our own thoughts. Of closing the door to our rooms and being quiet. Of sitting on a park bench and just thinking. We may fear silence because we fear what we might hear from the deepest parts of ourselves. We may be afraid to hear that "still small" voice. What might it say? Might it ask us to change?