“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom”
The goal of meditation is not to get rid of thoughts or emotions. The goal is to become more aware of your thouhts and emotions and learn how to move through them without getting stuck . Dr P. Goldwin
The starting point of discovering who you are, your gifts, your talents, your dreams, is being comfortable with yourself. Spend time alone – write a journal. Robin Sharma
Walk like you are arriving with every step. This is walking meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh
Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing towards the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life. Thich Nhat Hanh
Wherever you are , be there fully. Jon Kabat-Zin
Mindfulness isn’t difficult. We just need to remember to practice and catch ourselves when we get lost in the mind. Sharon Salzberg
In today’s rush, we all think too much, seek too much, want too much, and forget about the joy of just being. Eckhart Tolle
Knowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of mind. This knowledge can penetrate each one of our thoughts and illuminate each one of our perceptions. Matthieu Ricard
The goal of meditation isn’t to control your thoughts. It’s to stop letting them control you. Dan Millman
At the end of the day I can end up just totally wacky, because I’ve made mountains out of molehills. With meditation I can keep them as molehills. Ringo Starr
The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a centre of peace and clarity. J. Donald Walter
The thinking mind can never allow self-acceptance, since it is by nature self-contradictory and divisive. In fact, thinking is wholly based on duality that prevents you from ever relaxing into yourself. Lao Tzu
If you feel anxiety or depression you are not in the present. You are either anxiously projecting the future or depressed and stuck in the past. The only thing you have any control over is the present moment; simple breathing exercises can make us calm & present instantly. Tobe Hanson
If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul. Rabbi Harold Kushner
A tree is known by its fruit; A man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Saint Basil
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. Thich Nhat Hanh
We have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night. Life is composed of nows. Jack Kornfield
Always say ‘yes’ to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is ? What could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now ? Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life. Eckhart Tolle
When your attention moves into the now, there is an alertness. It is as if you were waking up from a dream, the dream of thought, the dream of past and future. Such clarity, such simplicity. No room for problem-making. Just this moment as it is. Eckhart Tolle
Phones are the biggest culprit for taking us out of the present moment. They help bring us closer to people who are further away, but further away from the people who are with us now.
The clearer you are when visualising your dreams, the brighter the spotlight will be to lead you on the right path. Gail Lynne Goodwin
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