Quotes on Mindfulness

[Daniel E.]

"Our energy and the energy of the universe are always in flux, but we have little tolerance for this unpredictability, and we have little ability to see ourselves and the world as an exciting, fluid situation that is always fresh and new. How we relate to this dynamic flow of energy is important. We can learn to relax with it, recognizing it as our basic ground, as a natural part of life; or the feeling of uncertainty, of nothing to hold on to, can cause us to panic, and instantly a chain reaction begins. We panic, we get hooked, and then our habits take over and we think and speak and act in a very predictable way."

~ Pema Chödrön, Taking the Leap

 

[Daniel E.]

"Change is the only constant. This is miserable-—it'll change. This is wonderful? Savor and love it because it too will change."

~ Alice Erickson, Milton Erickson Through the Eyes of His Daughter

 

[Daniel E.]

"Human minds are belief machines. Put raw data into the proper slot and out pops a belief, all polished and ready for action. What we believe is not always correct."

~ D. J. Schneider, "The Belief Machine" (2007)

 

[Daniel E.]

"We tend to think of meaning as this most profound of human experiences. Yet all of these more ordinary things also foster our sense of meaning. And that, I think, is an incredibly huge relief."

Laura A. King, PhD, "In search of meaning" (APA)

 

[Daniel E.]

~ Thich Nhat Hanh, Moments of Mindfulness: Daily Inspiration

 

[Daniel E.]

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”

― Friedrich Nietzsche

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Of course, Nietzsche had never met me.

 

[Daniel E.]

"The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water."

~ Freud

 

[Daniel E.]

"Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains."

~ Alfred North Whitehead

 

[GaryQ]

Nothwithstading the fact that Philisophy is the science that with or without it man remains the same

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

“We should live every day like people who have just been rescued from the moon.”

― Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear

 

[Daniel E.]

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”

“It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how things are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.”

“Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier to go to Mars or to the moon than it is to penetrate one's own being.”

― C.G. Jung

 

[Daniel E.]

"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar."

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

"At times I think and at times I am."

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

"What is simple is always wrong. What is not is unusable."

"A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts."

—Paul Valéry (1942)

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

 

[Daniel E.]

"We die and we fail. How to make good use of our imperfection?"

~ Tracy Morgan

 

[Daniel E.]

Allow yourself to feel whatever you are feeling. Notice any labels you attach to crying or feeling vulnerable. Let go of the labels. Just feel what you are feeling, all the while cultivating moment-to-moment awareness, riding the waves of “up” and “down,” “good” and “bad,” “weak” and “strong,” until you see that they are all inadequate to fully describe your experience. Be with the experience itself. Trust in your deepest strength of all: to be present, to be wakeful.

― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life