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Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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You certainly have to be ready for meditation. You have to come to it at the right time in your life, at a point where you are ready to listen carefully to your own voice, to your own heart, to your own breathing—to just be present for them ...more

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

by Dale Carnegie

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“Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are

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“if you know anything about Buddhism, you will know that the most important point is to be yourself and not try to become anything that you are not already. Buddhism is fundamentally about being in touch with your own deepest nature and letting it flow out of you unimpeded.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are

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“Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing something about who that is. It is about coming to realize that you are on a path whether you like it or not, namely, the path that is your life. Meditation may help us see that this path we call our life has direction; that it is always unfolding, moment by moment; and that what happens now, in this moment, influences what happens next.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are

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“It has to do with examining who we are, with questioning our view of the world and our place in it, and with cultivating some appreciation for the fullness of each moment we are alive.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are

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