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Mindfulness Quotes


"Do not allow your thoughts to condemn you. Be control of your mind."


"One realm we have never conquered: the pure present."


"Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind."


"I honour the clarity of the present moment, and the stillness at the centre of being (mine & others), even in the midst of so much doing."


"There is no past and future for those who exist in the now. Live in the moment, today is the only reality."



"A "positive, open consciousness" means looking at something as it is, without coating it in your own ideas or emotions and, furthermore, looking for hope and potential I in it. Thus, when you consciousness is open, you can communicate easily with another person and accept positively that person's actions or suggestions. An open person fundamentally has respect for all life. Additionally, that person readily accesses cosmic information, because the door of their consciousness is open and they are able to receive needed ideas and inspiration easily This leads to new creation."


"May youalways haveopenbreezy spacesin your mind."


"Be captivated by your hearts desire, not distracted by your minds fear."


"The best way to look back at life fondly is to meet it - and those along your journey - warmly, kindly and mindfully."



"Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively."


"Thinking is a sign of disturbance. When your bladder doesn't hurt you don't think about it."



"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."



"Do everything in mindfulness so you can really be there, so you can love."


"Life is an act at a given moment."


"It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one's hearing to it.....The silence seemed to be trying to tell him something about itself."


"Thinking goes on in your head. It is not really deep into the roots of your being, it is not your totality."


"We live mindfully by harvesting evocative scenes to pay attention to including the mountains and oceans, flowers and trees, love and friendship, music and literature, art and poetry."


"To consciously meditate is to lose influence over the outer world."


"With inner peace, you are undisturbed by outside turbulence."


"When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds."


"Every moment is utterly unique and will not be continued in eternity. This fact gives life its poignancy and should concentrate your attention on what you are experiencing now."


"Each moment means a new possibility. Mindfulness is not resisting things to happen but allowing life to unfold its wings."


"In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and future, which is precisely the present moment; to toe that line."


"Secrets are an exalted state, almost a dream state. They're a way of arresting motion, stopping the world so we can see ourselves in it."


"But I don't know when that day will arrive, and it would be too easy to forget to marvel at the beauty in this moment. In every moment."



"Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes."


"Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves."



"Worrying does not accomplish anything. Even if you worry twenty times more, it will not change the situation of the world. In fact, your anxiety will only make things worse. Even though things are not as we would like, we can still be content, knowing we are trying our best and will continue to do so. If we don't know how to breathe, smile,and live every moment of our life deeply, we will never be able to help anyone. I am happy in the present moment. I do not ask for anything else. I do not expect any additional happiness or conditions that will bring about more happiness. The most important practice is aimlessness, not running after things, not grasping."



"Your true home is in the here and the now."


"Gladly accept the gifts of the present hour."


"Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ..."



"Many of us live like dead people because we live without awareness. We carry our dead bodies with us and circulate throughout the world. We are pulled into the past or we are pulled forward into the future or we are caught by our projects or our despair and anger. We are not truly alive, we are not inhabited by awareness of the miracle of being alive."


"I like to describe worry or anxiety as spending today trying to figure out tomorrow. Let's learn to use the time God has given us for today!"


"Peace of mind is the power in the moment."



"The more we practice mindfulness, the more alert we become to the cost of keeping secrets."


"When one has come to explore the ' instant moment ' and one has chosen to savor the delights of life, which are hidden behind the curtain of haste and superficiality, then ' mental time ' is replacing ' sequential time '. So ' here ' and ' now ' are keeping hustle and impatience in check. [' Just for a moment ']"


"If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present."


"The silences weren't awkward. For me at least. Because I was there in the moment with him."



"Practicing mindfulness enables us to become a real person. When we are a real person, we see real people around us, and life is present in all its richness."


"Mindfulness can serve as an antidote to living a fragmental life riven with deleterious delusions and illusions."


"Micro meditations should be performed with very little activity. These practices should not be associated with any goal, concept or belief."


"Mindfulness is not a mechanical process. It is developing a very gentle, kind, and creative awareness to the present moment."


"Don't live so casually that you fail to see how blessed you are."


"The best way to find inner peace is the practice in forbearance."


"Examine the energy you are sending into the world. Is it positive, loving and hopeful or is it negative, hostile and angry?"


"Keep your heart and mind in perfect sync while bring the conscious and subconscious into unison."


"You shall only continue to feel bitter when you continue to make your mind the door step for footprints of bitterness! When you mind your mind, you mind your mind, you mind your heart, you mind your body and you mind your spirit! The only rest stop in your body for bitterness is your mind. Don't forget! mind your mind!"



"Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change."
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