Quotes from Jon Kabat-Zinn

It is not that mindfulness is the "answer" to all life's problems. Rather, it is that all life's problems can be seen more clearly through the lens of a clear mind.

What does happen as we intentionally pay attention to our breathing is that we realize pretty quickly that we are

To break out of this trap of always being driven by our own desires, it is not a bad exercise to ask yourself from time to time, "What is my own way?" "What do I really want?" "Would I know it if I got it?" "Does everything have to be perfect right now, or under my total control right now, for me to be happy?

the true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." Einstein

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." MBSR

Even the tiniest manifestation of mindfulness in any moment might give rise to an intuition or insight that could be hugely transforming.

It's not a matter of letting go—you would if you could. Instead of Let it go, we should probably say Let it be.

Mindfulness has been called the heart of Buddhist meditation.

Meditation is more rightly thought of as a "Way" than as a technique. It is a Way of being, a Way of living, a Way of listening, a Way of walking along the path of life and being in harmony with things as they are.

The point here is simply that it is useful at times to admit to yourself that you don't know your way and to be open to help from unexpected places. Doing this makes available to you inner and outer energies and allies that arise out of your own soulfulness and selflessness.

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Simply put, meditation is the path to clarity, compassion, and a path of wisdom leading to the eradication of suffering.