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The fruit of mindfulness practice is the realization that peace and joy are available within us and around us, right here and right now.
You have to invest one hundred percent of yourself in doing even very simple things,
Don’t think about the past. Don’t think about the future. Don’t think about what you’re going to do the next day.
Focus entirely on the act of pouring the tea. Invest yourself entirely in the here and now.
In our work, we may be responsible for many people, a few people, or just ourselves.
“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment.”
If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life.
Mindfulness is the energy and practice that helps you go back to the here and now so t...
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your preoccupation with your work is too strong. It’s like a dictator. It prevents you from being present to enjoy the wonders of life that are available in the here and now.
We’ve been taught to do many things at once.
Every new technology promises to help us do more things at once.
Instead of always multitasking, we must teach ourselves to unitask.
Mindfulness is the capacity of being there, fully present.
When you love someone, the most precious gift you can give your loved one is your true presence. You can’t buy the ability to bring joy and transform suffering.
With mindfulness, we can look deeply and recognize the strengths as well as the difficulties and suffering in our organizations.
“I am here for you, I know you are suffering. Together we can embrace this suffering and transform it. We will do whatever we can to remove this suffering.”
Mindfulness is the capacity to be present with one hundred percent of ourselves.
The energy of mindfulness enables us to recognize the presence of what is. What is there is yourself, what is there is your loved ones.
Without your full presence, you won’t be able to recognize others, and they will feel unseen, misunderstood, and unloved.
“My dear body, I know you are there, and I will take good care of you.”
Your body becomes the object of your love.
If you don’t know how to take care of your body, how to release the tension in your body and give it permission to rest, you don’t love your body. We all know that ...
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We panic when we forget that our bodies have the power of self-healing.
There are people who complain they don’t have time for a vacation.
The purpose of a vacation is to have the time to rest, but even when people go on vacation they don’t know how to rest.
They may do lots of things and come back even more t...
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“Breathing in, I’m aware of my body. Breathing out, I release tensions in my body.”
“Breathing in, I’m aware of my eyes. Breathing out, I smile to my eyes.”
One of the core practices of mindfulness is to take care of our painful emotions.
we try to escape our feelings through unmindful consumption. We turn on the television, pick up a book, or talk on the phone.
Imagine a flower in the morning. The flower is not yet open. The sunshine embraces the flower, and the energy of the sunshine begins to penetrate the flower.
The sun is our mindfulness, embracing the flower of our feelings.
please come and do mindful walking with me. I need your presence.”
If we have several friends sitting with us, the positive, collective energy of mindfulness will be even stronger. It
The energy is powerful. If you allow yourself to be embraced by that collective energy, you feel much better and healing happens quickly.
The greatest happiness is having a job that you like and that expresses your understanding and compassion. Happiness, responsibility, and mindfulness are interconnected.
am committed to practicing generosity by sharing my time, energy, and material resources with those who are in real need.
To preserve the happiness of myself and others, I am determined to respect my commitments and the commitments of others.
Knowing that words can create happiness or suffering, I am committed to learning to speak truthfully, with words that inspire self-confidence, joy, and hope.
I am committed to ingest only items that preserve peace, well-being, and joy in my body, in my consciousness,
They can help you better understand your tradition. You can’t be happy if you’ve lost your roots.
For a vivid illustration of how a highly successful company practices mindfulness and compassion based on its deep insight, see the story of Patagonia CEO Yvon Chouinard in Appendix B.
There is no true love without respect.
We have little ability to hold meaningful conversation.
Speech can be constructive or destructive. Mindful speaking can bring real happiness; unmindful speech can destroy life.
mindful speech goes together with listening deeply to others.
Fifth Mindfulness Training is about mindful consumption—what we eat but also what we watch, read, and listen to. We are what we consume.
Enter the right path and do everything you can for the protection and well-being of living beings.
Even when you have to go through difficult moments, like illness, danger, or death, you’ll be at peace with yourself.
