Practical Meditation for Beginners: 10 Days to a Happier, Calmer You
Benjamin W. Decker
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Mindfulness practice can teach us about the nature of thinking, and perhaps even more importantly, it can teach us that we are not our thoughts.”
“Every time the mind wanders away from the awareness of the breath, notice that it has wandered and bring your awareness back to the breath. This can be likened to a rep in the gym—every time you bring your mind back, you are building your "muscle" of attention.”
“Mindfulness meditation practice will help you discern which thoughts support your goals and well-being and which thoughts are destructive or unhealthy and should be discarded.”
“Count on your beginner's mind to help you through any times when you might feel resistant or self-conscious about your practice.”
“Zen is an especially intriguing school of Buddhism because it brings to mind paradoxical images of monks happily living quiet lives, meditating on mountaintops, as well as powerful martial artists.”
“Zazen practice develops our understanding of our connectedness to the world into which we were born, the world in which we live—which is also the world we are creating together, moment by moment.”
“Zazen is a great technique to start with because it is so straight- forward and uncomplicated.”
“Zazen can ultimately retrain your mind to see the world from an entirely new perspective.”
“Your mind wanders, you bring it back. This is the exercise—and the practice—of meditation.”
“You should always try to meditate in a place where you will be safe and as undisturbed as possible, but keep in mind that in any meditation practice, a crucial component is to allow—even welcome—changes to the outside environment without interrupting the meditation. Simply observe, experience, and allow things to be as they are.”
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