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Meditation Quote 84: “Only this actual moment is life.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
If life is a series of moments, how come so many of them pass by without us noticing? The sad truth is that many of us get trapped in the past or the future, and in the process missing out on the the present moment. Missing out on life! If you’re one of our avid readers, you might…
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Meditation Quote 83: “I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.” – Paul Simon
Close your eyes and think of a day or time in your life when all you had on your schedule was to have fun. Do it! Closed your eyes yet…? Perhaps this was as a child in the summer, playing with your best friends on a regular weekend, as a teen living life, or on a well deserved vacation away from…
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7 Famous People On Meditation
People from all walks of life meditate, even famous people. And quite a few! To give you a glimpse of some of the stars that have made meditation a part of their lives, we’ve compiled a list what 7 famous people are saying about meditation and what it means to them. And it’s no “small talk”…
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Meditation Quote 82: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss
I’m soon gonna go and visit my extended family and old friends, most of whom I haven’t seen in about 9 months or more. Circumstances have made it so that I can not see them more than once or twice per year, which makes me even happier to meet and spend some quality time together. Fast…
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Meditation Quote 81: “Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it.” – Sharon Salzberg
Ever wondered how to be more mindful throughout the day, always doing your best to be present in the moment and just let go? You just need to remember to be mindful! Simple, eh? That’s what I LOVE about this quote from Sharon Salzberg. But it ain’t all that easy to remember to be mindful…
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Meditation Quote 80: “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare…” – Seneca
Something you’ve been dreading for very long time has to be done today. Tomorrow is too late. How does that feel? Horrible, right? And then when you’ve finally done whatever needed to be done, you look back at the experience and realize: “Oh my! It really wasn’t that terrifying to do. In fact, it was quite…
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Meditation Quote 79: “Meditation stops the sound-loving mind.” – Sri Chinmoy
Ready for a little experiment? Just shut your eyes for a second, and pay attention to your thoughts. Still reading? …please don’t read anymore until you have closed your eyes and paid attention to your own thoughts. 30 seconds is more than enough. What do you observe? “What if my colleagues don’t like my new…
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Meditation Quote 78: “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” – Abraham Lincoln
If you’re anything like me you have a list of things that needs done (either mentally or written), and it keeps stressing you out. It used to be that my to do list ran my life, like a sadistic tyrant. Together with this to do list I had a habit of postponing the most important things on…
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Meditation Quote 77: “The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.” – From the Bhagavad Gita
Ever been in a wrestling match with your mind? Did you win? We’ve previously both mentioned how your mind has on average 50,000 thoughts per day, and we’ve explored how people prefer electro shock to being alone with their thoughts. With this in mind, coupled with your own experience, I am sure you agree that the…
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Meditation Quote 76: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius
Ever felt like the whole world was falling apart, and then later realized that it wasn’t all that bad? Life can do that to us sometimes, or more precisely – our thoughts can. You see, your thoughts are only that. Thoughts. They are not you – they are something which “pops up” in your head,…