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Mindfulness Quotes
"Let your mind dance with me. Let it be, just for a moment, stress free."
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"Desire is alcoholic, desire is the greatest drug possible. Marijuana is nothing, lsd is nothing. Desire is the greatest lsd possible " the ultimate in drugs.What is the nature of desire? When you desire, what happens? When you desire, you are creating an illusion in the mind; when you desire, you have already moved from here. Now you are not here, you are absent from here, because the mind is creating a dream. This absentness is your drunkenness. Be present!"
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"To take hold of your mind, you must practice mindfulness of the mind. You must know how to observe and recognize the presence of every feeling and thought which arises in you."
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"Concentration is not wholesome in itself. A thief needs concentration to break into a house.The object of our concentration is what makes it beneficial or not. If you use meditative concentration to run away from reality, that is not beneficial."
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"Life is an act at a given moment."
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"When we look at something, we are often not aware of who is perceiving, and unaware of the mental-emotional filter created by past experiences, hopes and expectations."
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"Mindfulness is the art of cosmic collaboration."
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"The past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whaterver form. Both are illusions."
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"You have to be transparent so you no longer cast a shadow but instead let the light pass through you."
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"Prepare yourself well by learning how to be more mindful in each interaction. The effort you put forth to gain insight will empower you to make a better impression on others, while enriching your opportunities to build enlightened, trusted relationships."
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"The nearest thing we have to a defence against [the gods] (but there is no real defence) is to be very wide awake and sober and hard at work, to hear no music, never to look at earth or sky, and (above all) to love no one."
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"The soul-sacred strength is calmness and confidence."
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"When you reach a calm and quiet meditative state, that is when you can hear the sound of silence."
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"Almost all sadness comes from thinking about the past, and all worry from thinking about the future - present-mindedness is your only safe haven."
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"The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. There is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it."
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"Be control of your mind."
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"We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves unable to see that here now this very moment is sacred but once it's gone-its value is incontestable."
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"Mindfulness is that space where you are in touch with life-experience and you are brightly aware."
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"In our weeks of talk, movies and friendship, I watched as Wilma turned a medical ordeal into one more event in her life, but not its definition. I believe she was teaching me an intimate form of The Way. In her words: "Every day is a good day - because we are part of everything alive."
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"If you're in bad mood, take a deep breath.If you're in good mood, give thanks to God."
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"I have never distinguished readily between thinking and dreaming. I know my life would be much different if I could ever say, This I have learned from my senses, while that I have merely imagined."
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"Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!"
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"You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time."
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"Because today after all, is all we knew."
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"Cease distracting your mind of things with little substance."
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"When attachment does not occur when someone gives flowers and no abhorrence occurs when someone throws stones, that is considered equanimity."
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"All of life is a meditation, most of it unintentional."
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"Bliss-a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious-lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (Tax Returns, Televised Golf) and, in waves, a boredom like you've never known will wash over you and just about kill you. Ride these out, and it's like stepping from black and white into color. Like water after days in the desert. Instant bliss in every atom."
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"Wherever you are, be all there."
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"Most of us take for granted that time flies, meaning that it passes too quickly. But in the mindful state, time doesn't really pass at all. There is only a single instant of time that keeps renewing itself over and over with infinite variety."
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"Appreciate every moment because this moment is your precious life."
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"When you connect to the silence within you, that is when you can make sense of the disturbance going on around you."
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"The road to happiness starts with a deep breath and an awareness of the many blessings tied to that single breath."
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"Quit trying so hard and sit quietly with yourself and you will see that there are no demands within you."
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"You don't ask what a dance means. You enjoy it. You don't ask what the world means. You enjoy it. You don't ask what you mean. You enjoy it."
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"Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon."
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"There is no need to put anything in front of us and run after it. We already have everything we are looking for, everything we want to become. Be yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search, or struggle. Just be. Just being in the moment in this place is the deepest practice of meditation. Most people cannot believe that just walking as though you have nowhere to go is enough. They think that striving and competing are normal and necessary. Try practicing aimlessness for just five minutes,and you will see how happy you are during those five minutes."
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"When you practice mindfulness, you bloom like a flower."
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"The important thing to remember is not to forget."
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"Movement is the freedom of the body; stillness, of the mind."
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"Every morning I drink a glass of water to be humble and simple like water."
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"Do everything in mindfulness so you can really be there, so you can love."
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"The mind that does inner intentions (bhaav-mann) is the 'charge' mind. The mind that is getting exhausted (dravya-mann) is the 'discharge' mind. Bhaav-mann creates the worldly life. Dravya-mann brings an end to the worldly life. When egoism goes away, bhaav-mann vanishes."
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"By worrying about what will happen next year or the year after, you are using up today's time to do so."
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"Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention."
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"Our minds tend to race ahead into the future or replay the past, but our bodies are always in the present moment."
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"Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment & through mindfulness, we can shape our reaction right away."
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