Best 1901 quotes in «mindfulness quotes» category

No change occurs if we just let our habitual tendencies and automatic patterns of thought perpetuate and even reinforce themselves, thought after thought, day after day, year after year. But those tendencies and patterns can be challenged.

No matter how many times you have failed you must keep going forward. Only when you have become humble will you begin to grasp the meaning of life.

No one teaches mindfulness better than Thich Nhat Hanh.

Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.

Not only does the psyche exist, but it is existence itself. It is an almost absurd prejudice to suppose that existence can only be physical...We might well say, on the contrary, that physical existence is a mere inference, since we know of matter only in so far as we perceive psychic images mediated by the senses.

Now will never leave. It is always here. Like a clear canvas, it awaits our painting.

Only the present moment contains life.

One's attention has to penetrate the chaotic activity, pass through all the layers of subtle thought, and at last emerge into silence. This is the basic process of transcending.

Our own worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our own compassionate thoughts.

Our actions and experiences will direct us. In other words, we will be guided by the inherent emptiness of the things we choose to interact with.

Our life stories are largely constructed and without mindfulness can prove destructive.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day.

See your life as not just your life but as eternity. Be so completely integrated in the experience of perception that there's no sense of a perceiver but just the fluid moment of ecstasy that is reality unfolding itself to itself.

Take more time, cover less ground.

Sure, you need enormous amounts of technical expertise to be the best in the world. But to accomplish mindfulness, you just need something you already have: the willingness to quiet down, clear the crap and trust yourself.

Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.

The present moment is that one point where everything comes together.

The great benefit of practicing mindfulness... is presence of mind within a storm of emotions.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.

The habit of spending nearly every waking moment lost in thought leaves us at the mercy of whatever our thoughts happen to be. Meditation is a way of breaking this spell.

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There comes a time in life when you just buckle down and have a good time with what you're doing. It doesn't matter much what you're doing. What matters is how you do it.

The richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness.This is quotes copyright © By Pumpkin Limited

There's no problem so great it can't be solved. If it can't be solved, it's not a problem, it's reality.

The Seven Factors of Awakening are mindfulness, investigation of phenomena, diligence, joy, ease, concentration, and letting go.

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.

This moment is your portal to the future. Use it wisely!

We are what we think.

Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it.

We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach ourselves from thought and become aware that there are things beyond thought.

What if the universe were whispering in my ear at every moment?

We can’t change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way that we experience it. That’s the potential of meditation, of mindfulness. You don’t have to burn any incense, and you definitely don’t have to sit on the floor. All you need to do is to take 10 mins out a day to step back; to familiarise yourself with the present moment so that you get to experience a greater sense of focus, calm and clarity in your life.

We live under threat from painful emotions: anger, desire, pride, jealousy and so on. Therefore we should always be ready to counter these with the appropriate antidote. True practitioners may be recognized by their unfailing mindfulness.

We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know - we have forgotten how to be - to be still - to be ourselves - to be where life is here and now

We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet.

When things are going well, be mindful of adversityWhen prosperous, be mindful of povertyWhen loved, be mindful of thoughtfulnessWhen respected, be mindful of humility

With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification.

With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive presence to the feelings that accompany them.

When you have an intense contact of love with nature or another human being, like a spark, then you understand that there is no time and that everything is eternal.

Wherever you are - be all there.

Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat?

With mindfulness, we can be with the experience in more immediate way. When we find ourselves flooded with an emotion that's come after the judgement, we've often missed the very judgment that triggered the emotion.

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

Yoga is mind wave quieting.

Yoga is an integral part of my daily routine. That definitely helps me approach all aspects of my life from a place of mindfulness and clarity, through the meditation that usually accompanies this practice.

You should enjoy the present moment because this is all you have. Create for tomorrow, but live in and for today.