Jon Kabat-Zinn

all sorts of waste products like sludge, for instance, that's putting all these microplastics into our food that you can't get out of the food. And so we're discovering thousands of different chemicals in our bodies that none of which are good for us. So everything, again, is connected to everything else.

all sorts of waste products like sludge, for instance, that's putting all these microplastics into our food that you can't get out of the food. And so we're discovering thousands of different chemicals in our bodies that none of which are good for us. So everything, again, is connected to everything else.

all sorts of waste products like sludge, for instance, that's putting all these microplastics into our food that you can't get out of the food. And so we're discovering thousands of different chemicals in our bodies that none of which are good for us. So everything, again, is connected to everything else.

And what the meditation practice does is it allows us to hold it in such a way that we don't fall into despair. But that we realize that, hey, things are constantly changing. We don't know how the future is going to unfold. We can be really frightened by our own thoughts about how the future is going to unfold. But that's where the liberation comes in.

And what the meditation practice does is it allows us to hold it in such a way that we don't fall into despair. But that we realize that, hey, things are constantly changing. We don't know how the future is going to unfold. We can be really frightened by our own thoughts about how the future is going to unfold. But that's where the liberation comes in.

And what the meditation practice does is it allows us to hold it in such a way that we don't fall into despair. But that we realize that, hey, things are constantly changing. We don't know how the future is going to unfold. We can be really frightened by our own thoughts about how the future is going to unfold. But that's where the liberation comes in.

If you are in the present moment, in the face of everything I've just said, then you can also find equanimity and compassion and kindness right in this moment. And the kind of clarity that allows you to, say, tilt things in the direction of at least in your family, not being a pain in the butt, but maybe being kind when your impulse is to be angry or just impatient.

If you are in the present moment, in the face of everything I've just said, then you can also find equanimity and compassion and kindness right in this moment. And the kind of clarity that allows you to, say, tilt things in the direction of at least in your family, not being a pain in the butt, but maybe being kind when your impulse is to be angry or just impatient.

If you are in the present moment, in the face of everything I've just said, then you can also find equanimity and compassion and kindness right in this moment. And the kind of clarity that allows you to, say, tilt things in the direction of at least in your family, not being a pain in the butt, but maybe being kind when your impulse is to be angry or just impatient.

And to recognize when you do that and to not blame yourself because it's not you doing it. That's just habits. That's not who you are. So in the meditative practices of mindfulness-based stress reduction and all mindfulness-based programs that are out there now in huge numbers, the real emphasis is that the meditation practice is a way of being in relationship to reality.

And to recognize when you do that and to not blame yourself because it's not you doing it. That's just habits. That's not who you are. So in the meditative practices of mindfulness-based stress reduction and all mindfulness-based programs that are out there now in huge numbers, the real emphasis is that the meditation practice is a way of being in relationship to reality.

And to recognize when you do that and to not blame yourself because it's not you doing it. That's just habits. That's not who you are. So in the meditative practices of mindfulness-based stress reduction and all mindfulness-based programs that are out there now in huge numbers, the real emphasis is that the meditation practice is a way of being in relationship to reality.

And when it comes right down to it, it's a radical act. It's a radical act to stop and drop into the present moment and just be open the way Thoreau was saying. And find yourself rather than lose yourself in your reactive emotions and thoughts and fears. And that's a kind of, I'm using the terminology, love affair.

And when it comes right down to it, it's a radical act. It's a radical act to stop and drop into the present moment and just be open the way Thoreau was saying. And find yourself rather than lose yourself in your reactive emotions and thoughts and fears. And that's a kind of, I'm using the terminology, love affair.

And when it comes right down to it, it's a radical act. It's a radical act to stop and drop into the present moment and just be open the way Thoreau was saying. And find yourself rather than lose yourself in your reactive emotions and thoughts and fears. And that's a kind of, I'm using the terminology, love affair.

It's a love affair with how beautiful it is and how precious and how fleeting it is to have a human life at all. I want to say in terms of your work with the Navy SEALs, very often it's these elite military units. They're wrecking and also elite sports, whether it's baseball or football or basketball.

It's a love affair with how beautiful it is and how precious and how fleeting it is to have a human life at all. I want to say in terms of your work with the Navy SEALs, very often it's these elite military units. They're wrecking and also elite sports, whether it's baseball or football or basketball.

It's a love affair with how beautiful it is and how precious and how fleeting it is to have a human life at all. I want to say in terms of your work with the Navy SEALs, very often it's these elite military units. They're wrecking and also elite sports, whether it's baseball or football or basketball.

All of those great athletes know that the mind is going to defeat you far faster than your opponent. Your own mind is going to defeat you moment by moment.

All of those great athletes know that the mind is going to defeat you far faster than your opponent. Your own mind is going to defeat you moment by moment.