"One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt."
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"Living an awakened life [...] is just a matter of where our attention is being placed. It is possible for our human-beingness and our true nature or presence to exist wonderfully well together, enriching each other through their closeness. It is through the power of our attention that we experience one or the other or both."
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"We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim."
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"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."
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"The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature."
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"Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot."
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"If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take a shower, cook your breakfast, sip your tea."
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"In my walks, I would fain return to my senses. What business have I in the woods if I am thinking of something out of the woods?"
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"But peace, too, is a living thing and like all life it must wax and wane, accommodate, withstand trials, and undergo changes."
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"Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our thoughts."
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"Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize that you're always standing at the center of the world."
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"When life is at that extremely hard time, all we can control is our attitude."
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"For sixty years I have been forgetful every minute, but not for a second has this flowing toward me stopped or slowed."
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"Mindfulness creates centered awareness. When you do one thing at a time, you're guaranteed excellent results. If you do too many things simultaneously, it messes up your neural circuits. Focus on one thing at a time."
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"You can turn just about any simple act into a practice of mindfulness, and it will nurture and nourish you; it will start your day off in a positive way."
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"If you walk into a forest - you hear all kinds of subtle sounds - but underneath there is an all pervasive silence."
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"Accept that living in the present moment, with your present desires, is the best, the highest thing you can do."
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"To be in touch with yourself requires great sensitivity to everything that's going on here and now."
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"In your present-moment awareness, awaken to your innocence, your trust, your love, your eternal being."
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"It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement."
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