Browse 3271 quotes about Mindfulness.
“All suffering is mind-made. Where is suffering in the world? In pain? No. In harsh words people say? How could sounds spoken cause suffering? Suffering only exists in our anticipation of events unfavorable to the mind due to desires not met, or regrets from the past that live as memories in our mind.”
Source: Spiritual Words to Live by : 81 Daily Wisdoms and Meditations to Transform Your Life
“You are not your trauma. You are not your circumstances. You are that eternal unchanging light of consciousness. Your true nature cannot be hurt. Your body can be hurt, your property can be lost. But no one can touch the real you.”
Source: Spiritual Words to Live by : 81 Daily Wisdoms and Meditations to Transform Your Life
“There is no beginning and there is no end. When was time born? When will time die? Why would we even think of beginnings and endings? There is only change. We grow from the soil and we will return to it as food for the future.”
Source: Spiritual Words to Live by : 81 Daily Wisdoms and Meditations to Transform Your Life
“During my travels in India I met a man at an ashram who was about 45-50. A little older than everyone else. He tells me a story. He had retired and he was traveling on a motorcycle with his wife on the back. While stopped at a red light, a truck ran into them from behind and killed his wife. He was badly injured and almost died. He went into a coma and it was unclear if he’d ever walk again.
When he finally came out of it and found out what had happened, he naturally was devastated and heartbroken. Not to mention physically broken. He knew that his road ahead of rehabilitation, both physically and psychologically, was going to be hard. While he had given up, he had one friend who was a yoga teacher who said, “We're going to get you started on the path to recovery.”
So, she kept going over to his place, and through yoga, helped him be able to walk again.
After he could walk and move around again, he decided to head to India and explore some yoga ashrams. While he was there he started to learn about meditation and Hinduism and Buddhism.
He told me that he never would have thought he’d ever go down this path. He would have probably laughed at anyone who goes to India to find themselves.
I asked, “Did you get what you were hoping for?”
He said, "Even though I lost my wife, it turned out to be the greatest thing that ever happened to me because it put me on this path.”
Source: Spiritual Words to Live by : 81 Daily Wisdoms and Meditations to Transform Your Life
“Anger, temper, rage and aggression stem from weakness and fragility. Compassion, patience, calmness and composure stem from strength and confidence.”
Source: Spiritual Words to Live by : 81 Daily Wisdoms and Meditations to Transform Your Life
“When the suffering does come (and it will), we need to use mindfulness techniques (nonjudgmental awareness) to cope with it.”
Source: The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion
“When identity is derived from projecting an image in the public realm, something is lost, some core of identity diluted, some sense of authority or interiority sacrificed. It is time to question the false equivalency between not being seen and hiding. And time to reevaluate the merits of the inconspicuous life, to search out some antidote to continuous exposure, and to reconsider the value of going unseen, undetected, or overlooked in this new world. Might invisibility be regarded not simply as refuge, but as a condition with its own meaning and power? Going unseen may be becoming a sign of decency and self-assurance. The impulse to escape notice is not about complacent isolation or senseless conformity, but about maintaining identity, propriety, autonomy, and voice. It is not about retreating from the digital world but about finding some genuine alternative to a life of perpetual display. It is not about mindless effacement but mindful awareness. Neither disgraceful nor discrediting, such obscurity can be vital to our very sense of being, a way of fitting in with the immediate social, cultural, or environmental landscape. Human endeavor can be something interior, private, and self-contained. We can gain, rather than suffer, from deep reserve.”
Source: How to Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency
“We have to water the right seeds. If we do that, we can shift our habit energy--that negative loop that contributes to our suffering into mindfulness.”
Source: It's Great to Suck at Something: The Unexpected Joy of Wiping Out and What It Can Teach Us About Patience, Resilience, and the Stuff that Really Matters
“So we have to find the realm of buddhas within the realm of demons. In other words, in the realm of pain and suffering, we have to find the realm of peace and harmony. This is religious practice.”
Source: Each Moment Is the Universe: Zen and the Way of Being Time
“Without suffering there cannot be happiness. Without mud there cannot be any lotus flowers.”
Source: Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child
“Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem, or a sense of our value.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“The heart contracts when our bodies are overcome by shame.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Letting go of the belief that we’re powerless to help relieve our own suffering enhances our ability not only to heal but also to genuinely love and receive the love of others.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Mindfulness means being present to whatever is happening here and now - when mindfulness is strong, there is no room left in the mind for wanting something else. With less liking and disliking of what arises, there is less pushing and pulling on the world, less defining of the threshold between self and other, resulting in a reduced construction of self. As the influence of self diminishes, suffering diminishes in proportion.”
Source: Unlimiting Mind: The Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism
“The mess we are making of our planet is caused by our own greed, hatred, and delusion. Aside from the existential afflictions of aging, death, and at least some of the illnesses, every instance we see of human misery, injustice, affliction. or sufficient and pain will, upon sufficient and sometimes even cursory investigation, be shown to be rooted in the attachment, aversion, or ignorance of some person or some group of people together.”
Source: Unlimiting Mind: The Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism
“The goal of becoming a better person is within the reach of us all, at every moment. ... We need only invoke the power of mindful awareness in any action of body, speech, or mind to elevate that action from the unconscious reflex of a trained creature to the awakened choice of a human being who is guided to a higher life by wisdom. ... We may not "complete" the work in this lifetime and root out the very mechanism by which our minds and bodies manifest their hereditary karmic toxins. Yet to whatever extent we can notice them as they arise, understand them for what they are, and gently abandon our grasp of them - if only for this moment - we are gaining ground in the grand scheme of things. And even a modest moment of emancipation from the unwholesome roots of greed, hatred, and delusion is a moment without suffering.”
Source: Unlimiting Mind: The Radically Experiential Psychology of Buddhism
“I feel loyalty when I am protective of others, especially with sensitivity and care”
Source: A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being
“Since embarking on this journey, I've learned that this is what alternative medicine does for people. By making us feel supported, by summoning the power of expectations and belief, by relaxing our bodies and reducing stress, mind-body therapies move molecules in our brains in a way that can reduce the ills we feel in our bodies.”
Source: The Magic Feather Effect: The Science of Alternative Medicine and the Surprising Power of Belief
“But work is life only when done in mindfulness. otherwise, one becomes life the person "who lives as though dead." We need to light our own torch in order to carry on. But the life of each one of us is connected with the life of those around us. If we know how to live in mindfulness, if we know how to preserve and care for our own mind and heart then thanks to that our brothers and sisters will also know how to live in mindfulness.”
Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
“Diversity is an aspect of human existence that cannot be eradicated by terrorism or war or self-consuming hatred. It can only be conquered by recognizing and claiming the wealth of values it represents for all.”
Source: Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
“The mystery and art of living are as grand as the sweep of a lifetime and the lifetime of a species. And they are as close as beginning, quietly, to mine whatever grace and beauty, whatever healing and attentiveness, are possible in this moment and the next and the next one after that.”
Source: Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
“Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.”
Source: Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
“Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own.”
Source: Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally
“The heart and brain divide is sheer fiction; In everyday life, heart and brain act as one.”
Source: Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
“Oh, what a joy it is!
One feet of my Master
On my chest,
Other feet resting,
On my head.
Oh, Pure Bliss!”
Source: On My Way To Infinity: A Seeker's Poetic Pilgrimage
“My actions affect others, so having an open heart makes the connection available to others”
Source: A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being
“Heart lost is heart found.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“The love of God is so hot than a burning coal. It burns the heart and warms the chest; while at the same time calming the mind like still water.”
“What is your heart worth?
What about your time?
What holds your heart, holds your attention.
What holds your attention, holds your time.
What holds your time, holds your life.
And if it's possessions that holds these things,
It will demand it all.”
Source: Senses
“When the emotions, be it passions or injuries, prevail over the cold judgment of the mind, be the time one loses reason and sinks into primitivism.”
Source: Galaxy Pirates
“I would wonder if forgetfulness is more a product of convenience than cognitive function.”
“At its core, addiction arises for two main reasons: an attempt to dull pain (whether physical, emotional, or psychological) and an attempt to fill a void (a sense that something is missing, broken, or incomplete).”
Source: Consciousness Rising
“If pain delivers sentience,
Give me all the pain of the cosmos!
If tragedy transforms animal to human,
Let all tragedy befall my shoulders!
If darkness makes the sun bright,
Let my life stay engulfed in ominosity.
Let the world know me from my triumphs,
While I know myself from my tragedies.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Time tells nothing, only tears do.
Time heals nothing, only tears do.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“...the present is also, as its name suggests, a gift. It doesn't suggest longing or loss. It's just a present, a gift, a time with no strings attached which is totally ours, to use however we want, however we please. There are days when I find the future overwhelming, with all the bright lights and commotion.”
Source: Loop
“Instead of waiting for the right moment, BE the right moment. You won't be ready for anything if you aren't ready to be you.”
Source: Before Ever After
“The identity I describe as “self” is simply an aspect, as I am consciousness experiencing itself in manifest form”
Source: A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being
“Face it--the one person you never spend time with is yourself.”
Source: Jim Brickman -- Simple Things: Piano/Vocal/Chords
“We are “one.” There is no separation, other than how we perceive ourselves and this life.”
Source: Mindfulness and Mysticism: Connecting Present Moment Awareness with Higher States of Consciousness
“The emotions we feel, and the desires and thoughts we have, are as ours as the sounds we hear.”
“If there is a diamond hidden in some drawer at your home, perhaps you won’t notice until next festive cleaning. If it’s in a hotel room. you will find it immediately after check-in.
You are in the illusion that your body, family. home, office etc. are yours. Because of this illusion of ownership, you are missing so many diamonds that God has given you. See everything from the eyes of a guest, not owner.”
“The hilarious irony is that Buddhists - who deny the existence of the self - are the most self-obsessed people you can find. The idea of karma is a clear marker of self-obsession. People actually believe that the vast cosmos is infatuated about what they do - as opposed to completely indifferent - and goes to all the trouble of rearranging itself to teach them personal karmic "lessons.”
Source: Endarkenment: New Age Fake Enlightenment
“My thoughts come and go
I am not my thoughts
I am not attached to my thoughts
I am free of my thoughts”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“I believe that we can transform anything, especially hate
into love, but we’ve got to not only change the negative and
hateful thoughts we breed in our minds, but also practice
Mindfulness in all areas of our lives.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“I accept myself
I accept others
Acceptance is my truth”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“I am authentic
I live in harmony with who I am
I am true to my nature”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“My thoughts create my reality
I choose positive thoughts to create my reality
I am creating the reality I want”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“But know that self-realization is the ultimate inside job, and anyone who has the belief, strength, stamina, and sheer determination to become who they really are, and be willing to strip away every single peace of false clothing, which is much more than what we wear, but the layers upon
layers of the artificial, inauthentic self, and the illusionary thoughts that fill our minds, only then will the egg of illusion crack open.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity