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Mindfulness is…
Mindfulness means paying attention in a
particular way; on purpose, in the
present moment, and non judgmentally. Jon Kabor-Zinn
Mindfulness is a serene encounter with reality.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention – to thoughts, physical sensations, and the
environment – without constantly feeling the need to judge what’s happening or to
make it other than it is.Sarah Rudell Beach
Mindfulness is to keep the breath in mind. Keep remembering the breath each time you breathe
in, each time you breathe out.
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will);
being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way
(which it won’t). James Baraz
Mindfulness is the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental
state of heightened or complete awareness of one's
thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-
to-moment basis.Merriam Webster Dictionary
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. Pema Chodron
Mindfulness is the gentle effort to be continuously present with experience.Jon Kabor-Zinn
Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present.
When you're mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a
distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of letting
your life pass you by, mindfulness means living in the moment and
awakening to experience.Psychology Today
Mindfulness is a quality, which human beings already have, but they have usually not been advised that they have it, that it is
valuable, or that it can be cultivated. Mindfulness is the awareness that is not
thinking but which is aware of thinking, as well as aware of each of the other ways we experience the sensory world, i.e., seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling through
the body. University of California Center for Mindfulness
Mindfulness is non-judgmental, open-hearted, friendly, and inviting of
whatever arises in awareness. It is cultivated by paying attention on
purpose, deeply, and without judgment to whatever arises in the present
moment, either inside or outside of us. University of California Center for Mindfulness
Mindfulness means paying attention to what is happening right now with
kindness.Siri Chandler
Mindfulness is paying attention to your life, here and now, with
kindness and curiosity. Amy Saltzman
Mindfulness is simple acceptance, described here as making friends with yourself. It is, as well, a means to unlock creativity and compassion.Chogyam Trungpa
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it. Sylvia Boorstein
Mindfulness means being aware of what’s present without greed, without aversion, without delusion. So it’s a special kind of awareness, which is a little more
precise. So there’s a fine-tuning we need to do to find that place in the mind that is aware of what’s
going on, and that also contains that ethical framework…when we’re mindful of something the
implication of being mindful is that we’re not grasping at the object or pushing it away, and, more obviously, that
we’re not deluded about it. Often in popular culture, mindfulness is taken to mean simply “be present,” rather
than how we’re relating to the present.
Joseph Goldstein
Mindfulness is an innate human capacity to
deliberately pay full attention to where we are, to our actual experience,
and to learn from it. Jack Kornfield
Mindfulness is nonjudgmental awareness of what is occurring inside and outside in successive
moments of consciousness. Robert Beatty
Mindfulness is sitting with your own feelings, some of which
are hard. Learning compassion for yourself and
from that, for others, and from that compassion to foster a world that is less likely to be
prone to war and strife.
Mindfulness is listening for the still small voice and coming to peace and calm. We get out of
the loop of thoughts and still allow the thoughts to come up and go away, which when we
allow, eventually brings a sense of peace and calm.
Mindfulness is the nonjudgmental observation
and assessment of our thoughts.