Saturday, May 12, 2007 • Mind-Body
"Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more."
— Jon Kabat-Zinn

How to Put Time on Our Side

How to Put Time on Our Side
Jon Kabat-Zinn is a professor, best known for his teachings on mindfulness and meditation as a way to help people overcome stress and disease. In this passage, excerpted from his book, "Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World through Mindfulness" he explores a thought-provoking question of modern life: Now that we can be in touch with anyone at any time, do we risk being out of touch with ourselves?

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