Most people put the cart before the horse, which is an interesting way to go through life. They approach everything directly. In… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Through meditation one has to achieve a dreamless sleep with full alertness. Once this happens, the drop falls into the ocean and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Buddhist monks who had practiced more than ten thousand hours of meditation, researchers at the University of Wisconsin measured significantly higher levels… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
At the museum a troubled woman destroys a sand painting meticulously created over days by Tibetan monks. The monks are not disturbed.… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
“The Awakened One sees the observer and the observed as one. The unawakened one sees the observer and the observed as different.” — Sri Amma Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The common element in all the special forms of contemplation is the loving, yearning, affirming bent toward that happiness which is the… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Besides, it happens (how, I cannot tell) that an idea launched like a javelin in proverbial form strikes with sharper point on… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“It’s clear that if we use the mind attentively, mental power is increased, and if we concentrate the mind in the moment,… — H.E. Davey Copy Share Image
Experiencing the silence of meditation doesn't have to be complicated. You can lie on the floor with arms and legs outspread, paying… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Zen[FN#195] is neither idealistic nor nihilistic. Zen makes use of the nihilistic idea of Hinayana Buddhism, and calls its students' attention to… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“I'd been drowning, [...] I'd been flailing on the surface. But what I really needed to do to save myself was let… — Glennon Doyle Copy Share Image
Nature has come to a point where now, unless you take individual responsibility, you cannot grow. More than this nature cannot do.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“pure mind is like the empty sky, without memory, supreme meditation; it is our own nature, unstirring, uncontrived, and wherever that abides… — longchenpa Copy Share Image
And you can put your total energy for the inner eye. The outside eyes are wasting eighty percent of energy - it… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Just as there’s usually a space or interval between people passing on the street, even if it sometimes seems very small, a… — H.E. Davey Copy Share Image
When doing archana (daily prayers) as a group, one person should chant the mantra and the others should repeat it. Mantras should… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Zen is non-judgemental, Zen is non-evaluative, Zen imposes no character on anybody. Because to impose character, you will need valuation ⬠good and… — OSHO Copy Share Image
Meditation provides a way of learning how to let go. As we sit, the self we've been trying to construct and make… — John Welwood Copy Share Image
Most Kabbalists were theorists who were interested only in pure meditation. But there were so-called 'practical Kabbalists' who tried to apply the… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never… — Vicente Aleixandre Copy Share Image
Although work was, and still is, considered an important part of Osho's vision, in the last years of his life, he began… — Swami Anand Milarepa Copy Share Image
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof, and Krishna consciousness and meditation… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Zen says: Remain true to your freedom. And then a totally different kind of being arises in you, which is very unexpected,… — OSHO Copy Share Image
“Actually the best way to relieve your mental suffering is to sit in zazen, even in such a confused state of mind… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Everyone needs a reset button so you can start your day without anxiety. For some people, it's running; for some, it's going… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Either you lead a life which is luxurious on the material level or you lead a luxurious life of God's blessings. One… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“mindful approach to any activity has three characteristics: the continuous creation of new categories; openness to new information; and an implicit awareness… — Ellen J. Langer Copy Share Image
If you surrender yourself, and do not rush, but meditate on the Word of God, you will find prayer forming in your… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
They wanted to preserve and protect the mystical knowledge gained from their meditation practices and pass it on to future civilizations they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
During the age of Atlantis, the low population density and the resulting purity of the earth's aura, made conditions ideal for discovering… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You should always feel, no matter how many times you've meditated before, that this is your first meditation. You have no idea… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
See here, how fresh is the air, there is the Ganga, and the Sadhus (holy men) are practising meditation, and holding lofty… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I wrote my sonic meditations and started using them with students. I took a bunch of UCSD students out to Joshua Tree… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
When your mind drifts away from one of the secret meditation techniques, do not become upset or frustrated. Gently move your mind… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen.The roshi replied, "Attention." "Yes, thank you," the student replied. "But… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
As an individual learns and practices higher meditation techniques, a tremendous volume of energy and creativity flows through them. If they direct… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The highest point reached by contemplative [anschauende] materialism, that is, materialism which does not comprehend sensuousness as practical activity, is the contemplation… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
![“Zen[FN#195] is neither idealistic nor nihilistic. Zen makes use of the nihilistic idea of Hinayana Buddhism, and calls its students' attention to the change and evanescence of life and of the world, first to destroy the error of immutation, next to dispel the attachment to the sensual objects…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/7f3/kaiten-nukariya-793_meditation_zen-fn-195-is-neither-idealistic-nor-nih_235174.jpg)
![“I'd been drowning, [...] I'd been flailing on the surface. But what I really needed to do to save myself was let myself sink. It struck me that this is why we say to people, "Calm down." Because beneath the noise of the pounding, swirling surf is a place where all is quiet and clear. The chaos…” quote by Glennon Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/682/glennon-doyle-29247_be-still_i-d-been-drowning-i-d-been-flailing-on-t_729717.jpg)
![“The highest point reached by contemplative [anschauende] materialism, that is, materialism which does not comprehend sensuousness as practical activity, is the contemplation of single individuals and of civil society [bürgerlichen Gesellschaft].” quote by Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/cec/karl-marx-399_civil-society_the-highest-point-reached-by-contemplati_2816706.jpg)
