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Jon Kabat-Zinn is an American professor emeritus of medicine and the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Kabat-Zinn was a student of Zen Buddhist teachers such as Philip Kapleau, Thich Nhat Hanh and Seung Sahn and a founding member of Cambridge Zen Center. His practice of yoga and studies with Buddhist teachers led him to integrate their teachings with scientific findings. He teaches mindfulness, which he says can help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain, and illness. The stress reduction program created by Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness-based stress reduction , is offered by medical centers, hospitals, and health maintenance organizations.



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✵ 5. June 1944   •   Other names ג'ון קבט-זין
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Famous Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes

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

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Variant: You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are

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

Jon Kabat-Zinn

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

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are - Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are - Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life

“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…”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes about the trip

“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?”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You 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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness

Fear , Thinking

“Wherever you go, there you are”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

“Breathe and let be.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

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

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are

Intelligence , Freedom

“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?”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Feeling , Change

“You make problem, you have problem”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Mindfulness Meditation

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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

World , Family

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Life , Death , Women , Men

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

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness

Wisdom , Understanding , Time , Patience

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

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are

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

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

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

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are - Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life

Universe

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (2005)

“Be a light unto yourself.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (2005)

Light

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (2005)

Nature

“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.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (2005)

Universe , Time , Feeling

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