2,809 Quotes About Mindfulness

Exhale clutter, inhale clarity.

May I take refuge in my capacity to awaken.May I take refuge in the ways of living that bring about my freedom and happiness.May I feel open to all those who can support me on this path of freedom.

If you cannot do regular meditation, at least practice Sacred Pauses (Mini-Meditations)

Solitude means dwelling in your uniqueness and originality which can't be shared with anyone else.

Meditation is like driving a car but not on a city street - where you follow rules, signals, speed limits. Meditation is off-road driving where you make your own path and drive as per your own rules and as a result, you enjoy both the drive and the journey!

Instead of looking at the things, look into the blank space around and within them... Acknowledge the blank surface on which words are written... acknowledge the nothingness that contains everything. Soon you will start experiencing the silence amidst all the noise.

The recess bell has rung. The teacher is just wrapping up her lecture. Only your body is inside the class. Your mind is already in a different zone. Remember that joyful feeling?When the bell of awareness rings, your body and mind remain in the world, but you see them from a distance, from a different zone altogether. You feel very light, relieved from the unnecessary baggage.

A monk is in a boat in the middle of the ocean. The full moon is shining majestically in the sky. He has a telepathic conversation with an astronaut walking on the moon and says, “No, Mr. Astronaut. You are not on the moon. I am on the moon. You are just walking on some rocks.”The experience of the supreme truth is like watching a full moon. When we try to descend that experience to the physical level, when we try to analyze it with the mind, it is just rocks.

Raw deal, wrong track, wrong song. Detest it all yet hold it close; there is esoteric comfort in deference for despair. When it is all you have, with no way out, love it darkly.