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“Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.”
― Wherever You Go, There You Are
― Wherever You Go, There You Are
“You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.”
― Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
― Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
“And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone.”
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“Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.”
― Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
― Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
“Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.”
― Wherever You Go, There You Are
― Wherever You Go, There You Are
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