Jon Kabat-Zinn citáty

„To, co vypadá jako slabost, je ve skutečnosti vaše síla. A to, co vypadá jako síla, je často slabost, snaha skrýt strach. Je to jen hra nebo fasáda, ať působí sebepřesvědčivěji na ostatní, nebo dokonce i na vás.“

„Meditace je opravdu jediná lidská činnost, ve které se nesnažíte dostat někam jinam, ale prostě si dovolíte zůstat tam, kde jste, a takoví, jací jste. Je to hořká medicína, která se špatně polyká, když se vám nelíbí, kde jste a co se kolem vás děje, ale v takových případech je její užívání obzvlášť užitečné.“

„Dýchejte a nechte být.“

„Z hlediska trpělivosti se věci stanou proto, protože se stanou jiné věci. Nic není oddělené nebo izolované. Neexistuje žádná absolutní, konečná, prapůvodní příčina. Pokud vás někdo udeří holí, nebudete se hněvat na hůl nebo na paži, která ji drží. Rozhněváte se na osobu, které ta paže patří. Ale pokud se zamyslíte trochu hlouběji, zjistíte, že neexistuje žádný uspokojivý důvod hledat důvod svého hněvu v dané osobě, která ve skutečnosti neví, co dělá, protože je v daném okamžiku duchem nepřítomna. Kde by tedy měla ležet vina nebo trest? Možná bychom se měli hněvat na rodiče dané osoby pro špatné zacházení s bezbranným dítětem. Nebo na svět, ve kterém je málo milosrdenství. Ale co je to svět? Nejste vy sám součástí tohoto světa? Nezažíváte vy sám návaly hněvu, nemáte za určitých podmínek násilnická nebo dokonce vražená nutkání?“

„Stačí sledovat tento okamžik, aniž byste ho museli vůbec měnit. Co se děje? Co cítíš? Co vidíš? Co slyšíš?“

„Udělejte si seznam toho, co je pro vás opravdu důležité. Ztělesněte ho.“

„Vlny nezastavíš, ale můžeš se naučit surfovat.“

„Uděláš problém, máš problém.“

“He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.”

“Make a list of what is really important to you. Embody it.”

“Perhaps the most "spiritual" thing any of us can do is simply to look through our own eyes, see with eyes of wholeness, and act with integrity and kindness.”

“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.”

“Maybe the fear is that
we are less than
we think we are,
when the
actuality of it
is that we are much much more.”

“Wherever you go, there you are”

“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… We may only go in circles…”

“look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them…. Without knowing it, we are coloring everything, putting our spin on it all.”

“Breathe and let be.”

“Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.”

“Note that this journey is uniquely yours, no one else's. So the path has to be your own. You cannot imitate somebody else's journey and still be true to yourself. Are you prepared to honor your uniqueness in this way?”

“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.”

“Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see? What do you hear?”

“We must be willing to encounter darkness and despair when they come up and face them, over and over again if need be, without running away or numbing ourselves in the thousands of ways we conjure up to avoid the unavoidable.”

“You make problem, you have problem”

“Practice sharing the fullness of your being, your best self, your enthusiasm, your vitality, your spirit, your trust, your openness, above all, your presence. Share it with yourself, with your family, with the world.”

“For men and women alike, this journey is a the trajectory between birth and death, a human life lived. No one escapes the adventure. We only work with it differently.”

“Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.”

“From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.”

“Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.”

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”

“At the deepest level, there is no giver, no gift, and no recipient… only the universe rearranging itself.”

“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.”

“Be a light unto yourself.”

“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.”

“A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation—to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.”