Quotes About Mindfulness

Experience is primarily the ability to restrain our fleeting impulses.

Peace in Mind will make life fine

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

I don't want to struggle to describe things anymore. I want to let experience happen without the filter of intellect.

The Great Way has no gate. Clear water has no taste. The tongue has no bone. In complete stillness, a stone girl is dancing.

Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as good if you keep a clear mind. But if you don't keep a clear mind, and are only following your thinking as you mouth the words, even the Buddha cannot help you.

Zen means putting it all down, cutting off all thinking, and returning to your pure and clear original nature.

This is the whole point of the Heart Sutra. From moment to moment, when you are doing something, just do

In your mind there is a diamond sword. If you want to understand yourself, take it and cut off good and bad, long and short, coming and going, high and low, God and Buddha. Cut off all things.

Si mantienes tu mente despejada, encontrarás felicidad en todas partes. Es la paz completa, como la mente de un niño, que no se apega a nada.

But that's not the answer. The person who receives better, healthier, more positive programs will, over time, virtually always do better than the person who receives unhealthy, negative programs.

Less on my plate means less on my waist." When I sit down to eat, at no time do I allow anyone else to influence, tempt, or discourage me in any negative way. What I eat, and the goals I reach, is up to me. And I give no one the right to hinder or control my success. Although others may benefit from my success, I am achieving my weight-loss goals for my own personal reasons—for myself, my life, my future, and my own personal well-being.

Mindfulness ?2. Choices ?3. Intention ?4. Focus ?5. Repetition ?6. Emotion ?7. Belief

called thoughts. ?Every thought we think, every conscious or unconscious thought we say to ourselves, is translated into electrical impulses in the brain, which, in turn, direct the control centers in our brains to electrically and chemically affect and control every motion, every feeling, every action we take, every moment of every day. ?Whatever "thoughts" you

Your feelings about anything you do will affect how you do it. It doesn't have to be feelings of like or dislike, joy or fear; all of your feelings affect your actions.

The first was that I would never again give in to negative programming, of any kind, in my own life, if I could help it in any way. The second decision I made in this area was that I would research the concept of self-talk and programming, and explore the science behind the concept.

If everything you tell yourself about yourself becomes a directive to your subconscious mind, then anytime you make a statement about yourself that is negative you are directing your subconscious mind to make you become the person you just described—negatively!

You forget that you do choose your life and there are so many things to be grateful for and I feel like society has gotten to that point where we're always looking for the next and the better and we lose sight of what's actually in front of us.

As long as we focus on the outside, there will always be that empty, hungry, lost place inside that needs to be filled.

Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.

It is often very helpful to use creative visualization in picturing yourself as a more relaxed, open person, flowing, living in the here and now, and always connected with your inner essence.

The practice of engaging in affirmations allows us to begin replacing some of our stale, worn-out, or negative mind chatter with more positive ideas and concepts.

What this means for our practical purposes is that if you learn to relax deeply and do creative visualization, you may be able to make far more effective changes in your life than you would by thinking, worrying, planning, and trying to manipulate things and people.

Create a Clear Idea or Picture Create an idea, a mental picture, or a feeling of the object or situation exactly as you want it. You should think of it in the present tense as already existing the way you want it to be. Imagine yourself in the situation as you desire it, now. Include as many details as you can.