Whatever you do mindfully is meditation. When you touch a flower, you can touch it with your fingers, but better yet, you can touch it mindfully, with your full awareness. “Breathing in—I know that the flower is there; breathing out—I smile at the flower.” While you are practicing in this way, you are really there and at the same time, the flower i

To be loved is to be recognized, and you can do that several times a day. It is not difficult at all, and it is a true meditation.

We are surrounded by miracles, but we have to recognize them; otherwise there is no life.

The most precious gift you can give to the one you love is your true presence.

Mindfulness is a kind of energy that carries with it concentration, understanding, and love.

We could say that when the energy of compassion and love touches us, healing establishes itself.

When you have pain within you, the first thing to do is to bring the energy of mindfulness to embrace the pain. “I know that you are there, little anger, my old friend. Breathe—I am taking care of you now.”

Buddhist meditation is based on the principle of nonduality. This means that if we are mindfulness, if we are love, we are also ignorance, we are also suffering, and there is no reason to suppress anything at all.

If there is a deep pain within you, meditate.