“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats. Even ducks have taught me important spiritual lessons. Just watching… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You might have extensive bouts of thinking exceedingly nasty thoughts, but because you are relating to those thoughts with mindfulness and compassion,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
I take it so seriously as far as meditation, notes, visualization, preparation, everything. I take it a lot more serious than a… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
I believe that ultimately it all comes down to whether we seek conscious contact with God on a daily basis through prayer… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“8. Zen is not Nihilistic. Zen judged from ancient Zen masters' aphorisms may seem, at the first sight, to be idealistic in… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
The activity of God, which is transcendent in blessedness, is the activity of contemplation; and therefore among human activities that which is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness puts you in charge of where you place your attention. Then, when you are less preoccupied with concerns and worries, you… — Carmel Sheridan Copy Share Image
“If meditation is a tool, your body is the guide, and your life is the path. What are the folds? What are… — Richard L. Haight Copy Share Image
What possibilities exist here? What is presenting itself to me IN THIS MOMENT that I can use? In a very real sense,… — Tom Bergeron Copy Share Image
“So it is with the mind, Nandini. Allow it to be in balance. Avoid extremes: the middle way is better. Neither force… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
Why do we meditate? We meditate precisely because this world of ours has disappointed us and because failure looms large in our… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Prayer: This can be any daily silent practice or meditation. • Work: This becomes part of a balanced life. It cannot be… — Jonathan Taplin Copy Share Image
All the science of God is going to be exposed before you, completely. You are going to know the complete science of… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“If you have been expending lots of energy mingling, counseling, or socializing, you need some down time to recover. Put it on… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
“Meditation is not about getting rid of all your thoughts; it’s learning not to get so lost in them that you forget… — Kelly McGonigal Copy Share Image
As you breathe focus on your body parts, beginning with your scalp, your forehead and between your eyes, as you breathe out… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Focus your attention around the naval area, feel that spot. Visualize it. Do whatever it takes. When thoughts come in and out… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Modern man is a hard driven nomad without any stability, not (as the Bible has it) a wanderer or a pilgrim, but… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
The only times that we can have what we long for are those moments when we stop grasping for it. At such… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
“But this morning in meditation, after I heard the lion roar YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS, I came… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
[T]he period between four and six in the morning is called the Brahmamuhurta, the Brahmic time, or divine period, and is a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Zazen isn't about blissing out or going into an alpha brain-wave trance. It's about facing who and what you really are, in… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Try to read books about meditation, but not so many different viewpoints that they get confusing. There is no best way. It's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you meditate deeply several times a day you will transform and change. You will find that you don't have to inspire… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is a state of no-mind! You can not find meditation through the mind .. because mind will perpetuate itself! You can… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
My meditation is simple. It does not require any complex practices. It is simple. It is singing. It is dancing. It is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Zen has no theory. It is a non-theoretical approach into reality. It has no doctrine and no dogma - hence it has… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I've always said that lovingkindness and compassion are inevitably woven throughout meditation practice even if the words are never used or implied,… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Start with meditation, and things will go on growing in you—silence, serenity, blissfulness, sensitivity. And whatever comes out of meditation, try to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“We did a little yoga together. Sometimes he let me give him a massage. But when I mentioned meditation to him, he… — Benoît Peeters Copy Share Image
Being a seeker means no matter what the Vedas said, what Krishna or Shiva said, you have to know the truth in… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
I liked my teacher very much and after some years of mediation, I began to teach meditation, referring all things that I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Zen is the only religion in the world that teaches sudden enlightenment. It says that enlightenment takes no time, it can happen… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A person who undertakes the study of Zen and learns concentration and meditation is like a gymnast. You become a gymnast of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
PlayStation 3 is another form of meditation. Come on, when you're on set, all day? That's what I do in my trailer,… — Steve Zahn Copy Share Image
The spirit is something to be enjoyed. It is not a harsh discipline. And I think people should take some time everyday… — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
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