Quotes About Presence

La calma interior es decisiva para una actuación convincente.

As mysterious as the part of himself that was chosen and loved by her, the part of himself that was there only when they were together.

Wake up! If you knew for certain that you had a terminal illness - if you had precious little time left to make use of your life and consider who you are, you'd not waste time on self-indulgence or fear, lethargy or ambition. Be happy now, without reason - or you never will be at all.

Your business is not to 'get somewhere' — it is to be here.

Here and now...breathe and relax...in battle and in life

Whatever our circumstances, everything can feel so simple, so beautiful, and so right when we no longer pay attention to the mind's incessant chatter.

There is no need to search . . . achievement leads nowhere . . . makes no difference at all. Just be happy now. Release your struggle, let go of your mind, throw away your concerns, and relax into the world. No need to resist life. Open your eyes and see that you are far more than you think. You are already free.

When you sit, sit; when you stand, stand; whatever you do, don't wobble.' Once you make your choice, do it with all your spirit. Don't be like the preacher who thought about praying while making love to his wife, and thought about making love to his wife while praying.

I closed my eyes to meditate, but realized that I was always meditating now, with my eyes wide open.

A young child responds freshly to each moment, without plans or expectations. This is a good way to fight…a good way to live.

You are learning," Serafim said, "how to think with your body—how to leave your mind and come to your senses.

She had always felt that the essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out in the memory like dates circled in red on old calendars, but, rather, in the unself-conscious flow of little things—

it feels as if mountain pose is the most challenging of all yoga poses. To be still. To be grounded. To claim one's place in the world.

WHEREVER I AM, I AM WHAT IS MISSING.

The antidote for mind wandering is meta-awareness, attention to attention itself, as in the ability to notice that you are not noticing what you should, and correcting your focus. Mindfulness makes this crucial attention muscle stronger.12

Whenever you notice your mind wandering," a fundamental instruction in meditation advises, "bring your mind back to its point of focus." The operative phrase here is whenever you notice. As our mind drifts off, we almost never notice the moment it launches into some other orbit on its own.

no birthday, concert, hangout session, or party can be enjoyed without taking the time to distance yourself from what you are doing" to make sure that those in your digital world know instantly how much fun you are having.

The inability to resist checking email or Facebook rather than focus on the person talking to us leads to what the sociologist Erving Goffman, a masterly observer of social interaction, called an "away," a gesture that tells another person "I'm not interested" in what's going on here and now.

Attunement to others demands a modicum of calm in oneself.

darse cuenta de los propios sentimientos en el mismo momento en que éstos tienen lugar– constituye

el reconocimiento de que nos hemos distraído es el primer paso para recuperar la concentración

A atenção plena desenvolve a nossa capacidade para observar a nossa experiência momento a momento de uma forma imparcial e não reativa. Praticamos o abandono dos pensamentos acerca de qualquer coisa em particular e abrimos o foco àquilo que nos vier à mente no fluxo da consciência, sem nos deixarmos perder no curso de pensamentos acerca de qualquer coisa em particular.

When we stop fighting against death, we are able to wake up to our lives.

I waited just to see you at that kind of peace, I wanted to be beside you, I wanted you to wake up slowly or startle, or just half awaken and turn over or murmur my name. I wanted to watch you forever, or sleep beside you forever, or sleep forever while you woke and watched me, something forever anyway. I wanted to kiss you, rumple your hair, rest three fingertips on your hip bone warm and smooth, wake you that way or hush you back to sleep.