#mindful

Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #mindfulness #art

Full minds create chaos. ↗

— David W. Jones

#busyness #enlightenment #meditation #mindfulness #business

Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own. ↗

— Patti Digh

#inclusion #mindfulness #open-mindedness #welcome #life

Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into the items that we consume every day, we will come to know our own nature very well. We have to eat, drink, consume, but if we do it unmindfully, we may destroy our bodies and our consciousness, showing ingratitude toward our ancestors, our parents, and future generations (66). ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#mindfulness #life

In meditation we discover our inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there but our bodies wiggle and squirm and our minds go far away. This can be so uncomfortable that we feel’s it’s impossible to stay. Yet this feeling can teach us not just about ourselves but what it is to be human…we really don’t want to stay with the nakedness of our present experience. It goes against the grain to stay present. These are the times when only gentleness and a sense of humor can give us the strength to settle down…so whenever we wander off, we gently encourage ourselves to “stay” and settle down. Are we experiencing restlessness? Stay! Are fear and loathing out of control? Stay! Aching knees and throbbing back? Stay! What’s for lunch? Stay! I can’t stand this another minute! Stay!” ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#loving-kindness #meditation #mindfulness #wisdom #experience

In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, nonintrusively, the way we are present with things in nature.We do not tell a birch tree it should be more like an elm. We face it with no agenda, only an appreciation that becomes participation: 'I love looking at this birch' becomes 'I am this birch' and then 'I and this birch are opening to a mystery that transcends and holds us both. ↗

— David Richo

#mystery #relationship #love

The best sex takes place in the mind first ↗

— Jenna Jameson

#mindfulness #sex #love

One doesn't have to be religious to lead a moral life or attain wisdom. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#health #inspiration #mindfulness #inspirational

In our evolution language has been the greatest single contribution to our understanding and misunderstanding ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#conflict #evolution #inspirational-quotes #language #mankind

If you love too much, you lose yourself. If you love too little, you never find yourself. ↗

— Janet Gallagher Nestor

#mindfulness #self-help #stress-relief #well-being #wellness