Very enjoyable. Thank you for posting this.

@rajamajnoon No – this world needs more people to be themselves. Unique and special to who THEY are.

yea if so many christians believe in a powerful savior why do so many of them go to the hospitals fo thier physical ailments and body problems why dont they call on jesus or god to heal there pain they say pray for others but it does no good you have to take action for yourself dont depend on some non seeable force to do it for you

1 he says the bible says you have to meditate on gods word and nothing else which if he does i dont see? no results and he continues to take vicodin and tylenol which does more pain than good to the body he said happiness doesnt come from meditation the bible only ha

my uncle gets headaches? all the time someone suggested him taken up meditation to heal the headaches he said he wasnt doin it out of ignorance cause of the bible he thinks its of the devil i tried to tell him jesus meditated he said i was wrong he prayed not meditated

If you would like to understand more about mindfulness I would sign up to a 10 day Vipassana course as taught by S N Goenka, to really understand mindfulness you have to experience it, not try to learn it in an intellectual way. There is a universal consciousness which is shifting towards mindfulness.

I think that mindfulness meditation and mindfulness in general could be taught at schools with critical thinking skills at the same time, though they may seem a litle bit opposite.

but they are not. we need critical thinking skills in this society of information and we need mindfulness in this society of materialism and blind to the mind.

Wow. Thanks for posting. Indeed, his manner shows his respect and deep understanding of the subject. It’s inspiring. By the end of the talk, my blinds and window were open and I was watching and listening to the delightful world outside.

excellent worker!

My life is benefitting immensely from being able to hear this.

Thanks for posting! Fantastic (as always with JKZ).

so do most good teachers. He teaches Mindfulness not the Encyclopedia.

Another brilliant video from John. This is so good! Thanks!

Something about the sound quality that is not so good as the sound quality of the one who introduced the speaker. I have a great deal of respect for Dr. Kabot-Zinn. Seems to be very much in touch with the Aura of the self, as he so profoundly puts it: “…the aura of yourself…”

Very thoughtful human being

its pretty obvious this guy has something figured out that most people never do? look at him, listen to him talk… you think so?

What an amazing video, thank you John for you commitment to the cultivation of peace! Some of these comments surprise me in lieu of the video . Are these comments mindful? I don’t believe so. When being mindful, one is less prone to react, defend, or attack. Being mindful really has nothing to do with religion. I wager that our “happy moments” are moments of attention, mindfulness, and appreciation. Mindfulness being the key. Just my 2 cents! Happy Holidays!

Cheers to the last comment! Nothing here is in conflict with Christianity…just a conflict with shallow, uninformed, ignorant and uneducated minds!

Your mind is profoundly poisoned by religion. I feel for you, I really do. I hope one day you will find solitude from the unfounded fear of eternal damnation you so obviously feel.

Mindfulness is teaching me to cope with a deep depression i’ve had for years, something more than god ever done.

You have no ideal. Mindfulness meditation is older than Christianity. It’s also real and can be experienced directly, unlike your fictitious religion.

Your religion is supposed to be tolerant and yet you almost wish eternal suffering on people.

Mindfulness is scientifically proven to work, brain scans prove this. Mindfulness is beginning to give me a life I never thought possible, no worship, no preaching or forcing others, just being.

Am I to assume all these thumb down comments are a christian going on about how this is the work of the devil? I thought christianity was meant to be tolerant?

OcultOprah, I sense that you didn’t watch more than 5 minutes to this talk. Your messiah told: “Kingdom of God is within you”.

Jon Kabat-Zinn is telling just the same thing, coming back to your heart, being yourself in this very moment.

THis is not new age, it old age. Mindfulness is a buddhist meditation practice and Buddhism is older than Christianity. Kabt-Zinn speaks of openess and clarity. Keep your taliban extremism to yourself

Interesting. You speak of Dogma, but you fail to see that of which you follow yourself. The Dogma you follow is so instilled in you that you do not realize that you are spewing it all over the place with your words and actions. Peace and Love.