“Meditation can open the door and welcome all of unfathomably vast goodness in the universe.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“As soon as we ask whether or not a story is true in the present moment, we empower ourselves to re-frame it.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“When we surrender in a spiritual sense, we let go of all effort and strain and instead are open to receive.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“It's always the mind that needs quietening and the heart that needs listening to.” — Rasheed Ogunlaru Copy Share Image
“I believe that compassion is the key to our evolution as a species.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“Om represents the infinite energy of divinity and depicts how we can all live in a world of harmony.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“Our minds tend to race ahead into the future or replay the past, but our bodies are always in the present moment.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the process of entering into a receptive state and letting the goodness of the universe fill you. It is dipping… — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“Meditation is good for the elderly, great for adults, even greater for children, and greater still for pregnant women. So, meditate and… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“In the process of becoming conscious beings, we eventually come back around again and again to the ideas of compassion, caring, and… — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“We can all find spiritual growth and fulfillment and ultimately experience less suffering in the endeavor to keep an open heart.” — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“No connection is always easy or free of strife, no matter how many minutes a day we meditate. It’s how we relate… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“By placing attention on what it is like to walk in another’s shoes, we step outside of ourselves and into a never-ending… — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
“The unconscious mind is a vast repository of experiences and associations that sorts things out much faster than the slow-moving conscious mind.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“If we harm someone else, we’re inevitably also hurting ourselves. Some quality of sensitivity and awareness has to shut down for us… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“In its purest form the term meditation means two things; (1) the state of meditation, which resembles deep dreamless sleep while awake,… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“Do not force your mind to get rid of random thoughts, because your brain is simply not capable of doing so. Instead,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“[When I meditate,] there in the deep, I could sense something circulating inside me. It was a Knowing. I can know things… — Glennon Doyle Copy Share Image
“In meditation, states of deep focus and concentration are developed, leading to deeper levels of contemplation. With greater peacefulness and heightened awareness,… — Todd Perelmuter Copy Share Image
“Meditation can be a refuge, but it is not a practice in which real life is ever excluded. The strength of mindfulness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“I understand that for beginners it isn't that easy to sit down, close your eyes, and settle into stillness. Your thoughts have… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
“Although the repetition of a word or phrase is a preparatory practice and is itself not meditation, choosing a word or phrase… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“The Poem About Taking out the Trash In the vast emptiness of darkness, Stars are being born and are burning out; Galaxies… — Eric Overby Copy Share Image
“So, you’re a beginner in meditation? Awesome! Welcome to the calm club. Think of meditation as a mental workout—no sweat, just serenity.… — Life is Positive Copy Share Image
“Meditation is a state, often defined as deep dreamless sleep awake. But, in the same way that you cannot sleep on demand,… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“Meditation is an interesting practice. It is so simple that anyone can learn how to do it. You sit still, relax, concentrate,… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“Most people are meditating on what they like, or don’t like. Most people are meditating on how to be happy, how to… — Bodhisattva Shree Swami Premodaya Copy Share Image
“If people think they can “do” meditation, then they become frustrated every time they don’t achieve the state. In the same way… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
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