Mindfulness Means Being Awake. It Means Knowing

When We Let Go Of Wanting Something Else To Happen In This Moment, We Are Taking A Profound Step Toward Being Able To Encounter What Is Here Now. If We Hope To Go Anywhere Or Develop Ourselves In Any Way, We Can Only Step From Where We Are Standing. If We Don't Really Know Where We Are Standing—a Knowing That Comes Directly From The Cultivation Of Mindfulness—we May Only Go In Circles, For All Our Efforts And Expectations. So, In Meditation Practice, The Best Way To Get Somewhere Is To Let Go Of Trying To Get Anywhere At All.

People Say Things That Get You Ramped Up. I Find Myself, As My Body Clenches Up When Somebody Says Something That I Know Is Wrong Or I Wanna Catch Them In A Lie Or Whatever, That Just, "calm Down. When It's Your Turn, You Make Your Point."

There Are A Lot Of Different Ways To Talk About Mindfulness, But What It Really Means Is Awareness.

Breathing Is Central To Every Aspect Of Meditation Training. It's A Wonderful Place To Focus In Training The Mind To Be Calm And Concentrated.

This Is Something Called "walking Meditation." The Goal Is To Learn To Be Aware Of Each And Every Movement And Feeling. I Know It Seems Ridiculous, But It Does Change The Way You Experience Walking.