Jon Kabat-Zinn

This is powerful stuff because I think a lot of people on their deathbed actually wake up and realize, holy shit, I was an SOB through a lot of my life. The people I loved the most, I was the hardest on them. And then you wake up and you realize that was all a kind of

This is powerful stuff because I think a lot of people on their deathbed actually wake up and realize, holy shit, I was an SOB through a lot of my life. The people I loved the most, I was the hardest on them. And then you wake up and you realize that was all a kind of

evanescent play in the mind that you enacted out, but it was, you didn't have to do it, but you felt like you had no choice because you didn't realize that there was a whole other orthogonal space in which you could actually live moment by moment and learn how to not react to your most terrifying thoughts and emotions.

evanescent play in the mind that you enacted out, but it was, you didn't have to do it, but you felt like you had no choice because you didn't realize that there was a whole other orthogonal space in which you could actually live moment by moment and learn how to not react to your most terrifying thoughts and emotions.

evanescent play in the mind that you enacted out, but it was, you didn't have to do it, but you felt like you had no choice because you didn't realize that there was a whole other orthogonal space in which you could actually live moment by moment and learn how to not react to your most terrifying thoughts and emotions.

Right. And he set an example that is really worth following, not to deify Thoreau or any other hero, but to realize what he was saying is this is universal this is every single human being starts where they are and we can be fully present with this in-breath and this out-breath this step this sitting here

Right. And he set an example that is really worth following, not to deify Thoreau or any other hero, but to realize what he was saying is this is universal this is every single human being starts where they are and we can be fully present with this in-breath and this out-breath this step this sitting here

Right. And he set an example that is really worth following, not to deify Thoreau or any other hero, but to realize what he was saying is this is universal this is every single human being starts where they are and we can be fully present with this in-breath and this out-breath this step this sitting here

Rumi and Jalal al-Din Rumi said, this being human, in his famous poem, The Guest House, this being human is a guest house. Every moment a new arrival, a joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.

Rumi and Jalal al-Din Rumi said, this being human, in his famous poem, The Guest House, this being human is a guest house. Every moment a new arrival, a joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.

Rumi and Jalal al-Din Rumi said, this being human, in his famous poem, The Guest House, this being human is a guest house. Every moment a new arrival, a joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor.

and then he goes on and says welcome this is the kind of meditative instruction and no one wants to follow it because we don't like a lot of the visitors welcome and entertain them all even if they are a crowd of sorrows who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture still treat each guest honorably. They may be cleaning you out for some new delight.

and then he goes on and says welcome this is the kind of meditative instruction and no one wants to follow it because we don't like a lot of the visitors welcome and entertain them all even if they are a crowd of sorrows who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture still treat each guest honorably. They may be cleaning you out for some new delight.

and then he goes on and says welcome this is the kind of meditative instruction and no one wants to follow it because we don't like a lot of the visitors welcome and entertain them all even if they are a crowd of sorrows who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture still treat each guest honorably. They may be cleaning you out for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice, greet them at the door laughing. Laughing is like advanced practice, but greet them at the door any way you can and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes because each has been sent as a guide from Beyond.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice, greet them at the door laughing. Laughing is like advanced practice, but greet them at the door any way you can and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes because each has been sent as a guide from Beyond.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice, greet them at the door laughing. Laughing is like advanced practice, but greet them at the door any way you can and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes because each has been sent as a guide from Beyond.

If we treated our thoughts and emotions that way and didn't take them personally and build the story of me starring me, how horrible I am or how great I am and why doesn't everybody love me or recognize it? And even if you are, even if you're a Hollywood movie star, there's no respite from that. You'll still have those kinds of thoughts that why didn't I do this or why didn't I do that?

If we treated our thoughts and emotions that way and didn't take them personally and build the story of me starring me, how horrible I am or how great I am and why doesn't everybody love me or recognize it? And even if you are, even if you're a Hollywood movie star, there's no respite from that. You'll still have those kinds of thoughts that why didn't I do this or why didn't I do that?

If we treated our thoughts and emotions that way and didn't take them personally and build the story of me starring me, how horrible I am or how great I am and why doesn't everybody love me or recognize it? And even if you are, even if you're a Hollywood movie star, there's no respite from that. You'll still have those kinds of thoughts that why didn't I do this or why didn't I do that?