If We Hope To Go Anywhere Or

Most Of The Time, If You're Not Really Paying Attention, You're Someplace Else. So Your Child Might Say, "daddy, I Want This," And You Might Say, "just A Minute, I'm Busy." Now That's No Big Deal-we All Get Busy, And Kids Frequently Ask For Attention. But Over Your Child's Entire Youth, You May Have An Enormous Number Of Such Moments To Be Really, Fully Present, But Because You Thought You Were Busy, You Didn't See The Opportunities These Moments Presented. . . . People Carry Around An Enormous Amount Of Grief Because They Missed The Little Things.

Peace Is Something That We Can Bring About If We Can Actually Learn To Wake Up A Bit More As Individuals And A Lot More As A Species; If We Can Learn To Be Fully What We Actually Already Are; To Reside In The Inherent Potential Of What Is Possible For Us, Being Human.

Mindfulness Is About Being Fully Awake In Our Lives. It Is About Perceiving The Exquisite Vividness Of Each Moment. We Also Gain Immediate Access To Our Own Powerful Inner Resources For Insight, Transformation, And Healing.

The Mind That Has Not Been Developed Or Trained Is Very Scattered. That's The Normal State Of Affairs, But It Leaves Us Out Of Touch With A Great Deal In Life, Including Our Bodies.

Science Is Now Documenting That It's Not The Objects Of Meditation That Are Important, It's The Process Of Paying Attention To Them - The Attending - That Actually Influences The Organism In A Whole Range Of Different Ways. The Brain Changes Significantly Enough To Impact Thought, Emotion, And Other Biological Functions. Today, People Recognize That They're Not Going To Find Well-being From The Outside, Or From A Pill; They're Going To Find It By Looking Inside. All The Suffering, Stress, And Addiction Comes From Not Realizing You Already Are What You Are Looking For.