#mindfulness

"Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now."

"Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind."

"The mind is just like a muscle - the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand."

"Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life."

"Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are."

"We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one."

"Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present."

"Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air,new lights and new truths to enter."

"Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts."

"Your comfort zone is a place where you keep yourself in a self-illusion and nothing can grow there but your potentiality can grow only when you can think and grow out of that zone."

"The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently."

"We have a right to decide how we want our bodies to look and feel, but unfortunately we do not exercise these rights. Instead, we tend to drift along, victims of our own ignorance of the fact that we can have what we want, if we are willing to take that first step toward developing the self-discipline to govern our thoughts."

"The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21)"

"Simply just BE GRATEFUL what you have today, there is millions who'are crying for the place where you are today"

"Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence."

"Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind."

"Vipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the mental layers, one after another."

"Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow."

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

"There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sprouting of the second group and transforming the first group."