“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there—buried under… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
Visualize the soft white light continuing to expand as it gently swirls around, until it has filled the earth, the sky, the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
The yogi should meditate on a firm seat, one that is clean - untainted by dirt or unspiritual vibrations of others. The… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
[The small camera] taught me energy and decisiveness and immediacy ... The large camera taught me reverence, patience, and meditation. — Joel Meyerowitz Copy Share Image
The mind is constantly talking. If the inner talk can drop even for a single moment you will be able to have… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“One thing about the om meditation is certain: It is a universal sound that is representative of the unity that’s needed to… — Amy Leigh Mercree Copy Share Image
Real music will make you more and more refined. It will become more and more silent. In fact, real music will help… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It is always advisable to obtain a mantra from a self-realized master. Until then we may use one of the mantras of… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Go deep into meditation. and be meditation I mean silence, awareness, witnessing. You can meditate any time of the day, you can… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
And therefore you who think so basely of the gospel and the professors of it, because at present their peace and comfort… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
There are qualities which grow as meditation deepens. For example, you start feeling loving for no reason at all. Not the love… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The term satipaṭṭhāna can be explained as a compound of sati , "mindfulness" or "awareness", and upaṭṭhāna , with the u of… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
In the unspoilt state of innocent childhood, practically every human being has a natural and direct feeling for the existence of God… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation.… — Taylor Dane Copy Share Image
This particular school of Zen has always considered itself the Marines of the spiritual world, so it has a kind of bias… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all… — J.I. Packer Copy Share Image
Meditation is nothing but coming to terms with your inner emptiness: recognizing it, not escaping; living through it, not escaping; being through… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When you meditate, you will care more for those around you and you will be able to do more for them, as… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Because truth is exceedingly subtle and serene, the bliss of the Self can manifest only in a mind rendered subtle and steady… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Even if you are focusing on a chakra, you don't want to do that for the whole period of meditation. There should… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Tantra is the science of transforming ordinary lovers into soul mates. And that is the grandeur of Tantra. It can transform the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
A lot of people have this live or die attitude with mediation. It has to be all or nothing. I don't think… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Meditation looks within, which is the practice of insight. Insight exposes the gap between reality and our thoughts. As a result, the… — Benjamin Riggs Copy Share Image
Dissolving the name is awareness. Dissolving the form is meditation. The world is name and form. Bliss transcends name and form. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Sexuality is possible without any understanding, without any meditation. Love is possible only with understanding. Compassion is possible only with understanding and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
God realization and self-realization are one and the same. God-realization is nothing but the ability and expansiveness of heart to love everything… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
I think it's becoming cool to have mental toughness or to meditate. It's a thing, but I don't think people really understand… — Jaylen Brown Copy Share Image
“This sequence of intentionally engaging in present-moment awareness, becoming distracted, noticing your distraction, and then bringing your attention back to the present… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
Just as writing can become calligraphy when it's creatively, skillfully, and consciously performed, so can all other activities become art. In this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today, it is more important than ever to raise human consciousness, so that technology becomes a means of empowerment, not destruction. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
When you meditate make sure you stay awake. If you are falling asleep get up and splash some water on yourself or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is a sort of prayer and prayer is meditation. The highest meditation is to think of nothing. If you can remain… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Buddha was asked: “What have you gained from meditation?” He replied: “Nothing.” “However”, Buddha said, “let me tell you what I lost:… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter how long you're here for, or what accomplishments you have, it matters what you do with that time and… — Joel T. McGrath Copy Share Image
If you start picking up other people's impressions while you are meditating, then instead of clearing yourself, you are just going to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image