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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
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Jon Kabat-Zinn
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: June 5
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So, in meditation practice, the best way to get somewhere is to let go of trying to get anywhere at all.
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Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.
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