Cultivating mindfulness is the attitude that allows us to see ourselves and our world quite accurately and precisely. When we talk about attitude in this context, we are talking about developing the awareness of mind, which is precisely what mindfulness is. Awareness of mind means that you are fundamentally aware and that your mind is aware of yourself. In other words, you’re aware that you’re aware. You are not a machine; you are an individual person relating with what’s happening around you. Mindfulness is developing this sense of being.

Chögyam Trungpa

from the book Smile at Fear: Awakening the True Heart of Bravery

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Further quotes from the book Smile at Fear:

• Joyful to be here
• Goodness is always there
• Gentleness toward ourselves
• Bravery
• Using our intellect to understand life
• Facing yourself
• We Have to Be Honest With Ourselves
• An autumn leaf
• Facing ourselves
• We are fundamentally awake
• Becoming the breathing
• Indigestion in the mind
• The strength of fearlessness
• Ego finds a name for itself
• Be there all along
• The warrior is also an artist
• The warrior approach
• Just looking at fear
• Joining fear and uncertainty with genuine confidence