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“Every experience is a feeling or thought or sensation interpreted through our judgment. Pleasure and pain are not inherent in the sensations but a result on our personal judgments superimposed on the sensations.”
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“Silence is like the eye of the storm which is absolutely calm in spite of the powerful whirlwind of energy around it.”
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“Silence is like the rest given to a motor or an engine after a long day of ceaseless activity.”
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“Kindness is not measured by how much you did, how many dollars you gave, or how many lives you touched. The fact that you did something is good enough.”
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“I have never experienced being a failure for being kind. Performing acts of kindness always reminds me of what I am – a human being.”
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“The difference between seeing the bottle half empty and half full is in the attitude of the viewer.”
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“Acts of kindness are the physical demonstration of compassion, an internal feeling.”
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“The mind is meant for thoughts. It is not meant to be thought-free.”
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“The more importance we give to a thought, the heavier it gets. The heavier it gets, the more it weighs on us, and the more stress and anxiety is induced.”
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“With acceptance, what happens is that our mind creates a psychological pause between an event and our action. That pause is the equanimity, poise and calm- ness from which we can then think objectively to act wholesomely.”
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“Thoughts are what you have, not what you are.”
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“Mindfulness is the art of living in the present moment without losing focus on the future. It allows us to be self-aware while we go about the affairs of our lives.”
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“Mindfulness helps us to recognise the value of the present moment, which we often miss while going about ‘living’ our lives.”
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“Mindfulness is not something that you should race for or struggle for. Or it will end up being another rat race.”
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“Mindfulness practices are about creating the conducive conditions such that mindfulness happens.”
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“Each mindfulness practice is a date with yourself”
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“In mindful meditation we have no goal or destination. All that we are interested in is being aware in the present moment, noticing our breathing and our movements.”
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“Mindfulness is about integrating a meditative approach with your way of life.”
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“In mindfulness we focus on what is right with you rather than what is wrong.”
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“All that we do in mindfulness practices is to witness and notice all our sensations and experiences.”
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“Mindfulness practices help us to disassociate ourselves from our thoughts. We learn to objectify them and stop seeing them as part of our identity.”
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“Living in meditation is the spontaneous ability to live life mindfully.”
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“The role of mindfulness is to help us be aware of what gives us meaning.”
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“Just as there is no one solution that can solve all of the world’s problems, there is no one path for everyone to take.”
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“One of the key purposes of mindfulness is to allow you to reclaim the driver’s seat and start being fully there in every moment and every experience.”
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“You can pay attention to almost anything in your life. All you need is an intentional mind wanting to pay attention to any experience or activity.”
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“By paying attention to your own body, thoughts and emotions, you come to a better understanding of yourself and your relationships with other people in your life.”
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“We are more often mere passersby of our own lives rather than people who are truly living.”
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“The present moment is free from both anxiety and regrets, as all the regrets and sorrows we carry are centred in the past, while all our anxieties and worries are centred in the future.”
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“In mindfulness we need to focus more on what is working for us in the practices than what is not.”
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“Curiosity is like a mirror that gets cleaned of its dust and tarnish with every practice, reflecting your being more and more accurately.”
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“After every practice, you walk out a new person.”
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“People may change, but their innate being does not change.”
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“Roles are not absolute, and neither are they forever. We pick a role up, and we can also let them go, if we know how to do that.”
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“You are aware of your body, your thoughts, your senses. In the same way, you are aware of things that are outside you – the chair, the temperature, the people, the environment. All of them are in your awareness.”
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“The only thing you are certain of is that you are awareness and that you are aware of all that is happening to your body-sense- mind complex.”
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“The roles depend on you for existence, but you can exist independent of the roles.”
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“Saying ‘I am in pain’ is very different from saying ‘The body is in pain’.”
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“Instead of rejecting the unpleasant emotions in your mind, witness them like they were never yours.”
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“Emotions are like guests entering your doorway. No guest stays forever.”
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“Thoughts are just thoughts. If we can recognise that, we should also see that thoughts are not us. To identify yourself as your thoughts – or the thoughts of others – is a mistaken identity.”
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“Thoughts arise in me, but I am not the thoughts.”
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“This wholeness of awareness is what gives all the roles their meaning.”
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“In this mindful awareness, you are just plain being, without any identity. In this being, thoughts, ideas and perception of your body rise and fall.”
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“The recognition of awareness is in spite of your beliefs, not at the expense of it.”
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“There is no place you can be without yourself in it.”
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“If you do see yourself as awareness, being and peaceful, wherever you go, you will be just that.”
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“Think of being mindful as being like an ocean that accepts the waters from all the rivers without rejection. It remains stable in spite of the hundreds and thousands of rivers that ceaselessly flow into it.”
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“With mindful acceptance, every thought or experience is an unexpected visitor. We do not turn them away, nor do we expect them to stay long. Let them come and go.”
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“Being mindful is not being bereft of thoughts and also not expecting the mind to be full of thoughts. Both of these wear us down.”
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