I don't want people following Jon Kabat-Zinn. I want them following themselves.
Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them.... Without knowing it, we are coloring everything, putting our spin on it all.
Most people don't realize that the mind constantly chatters. And yet, that chatter winds up being the force that drives us much of the day in terms of what we do, what we react to, and how we feel.
A lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of 'spiritual' truth.
Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.