“Meditation is not to be on the surface of a thing or underneath it or above it, but it is to be… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Walking my dogs twice a day provides me with an opening and closing of my day, and I've learned to use those… — Patrick Fabian Copy Share Image
The most fundamental and the most important aspect of the spiritual process can in no way be stopped by anybody - except… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
I would play a long tone on my accordion, or I'd sing one, and I would note how it felt - what… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
Pranayam is the right science of breathing where deep, regulated and rhythmic breathing is done along with mental purification. Its practice plays… — Virchand Gandhi Copy Share Image
“One may practice zazen for twenty, thirty, even fifty years, and go through failures and frustrations, but every defeat and time of… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
There are thousands of lesser chakras. Chakras are doorways to other worlds. When you focus on them, you step into something else. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have always heard that uber-successful people who write books about how to become uber-successful all have one thing in common: They… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
“Imagine a world where people were 10% happier and less reactive. Marriage, parenting, road rage, politics - all would be improved upon.… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
“Mindful awareness is not presented as a passive concentration on a single, steady object, but as a refined engagement with a shifting,… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
There is absolutely no such thing as reading but by a candle. We have tried the affectation of a book at noon-day… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“No, inaction. Contemplation. Steadiness. Conservatism. A wall is the defense of a country that values inaction. But a wall imprisons the people… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer.… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
“In the physical disciplines of yoga, samadhi is reached by suspending the extremes of solar (pingala) and lunar (ida) mind. This state… — Gregor Maehle Copy Share Image
“We are part of a holy community that for three thousand years and more has been formed inside and out by these… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity--which is a natural outgrowth of meditation and other practices--what happens is that we begin… — James Redfield Copy Share Image
If you allow people, places and things, to pass through your mind during meditation, you will pull in all those other auras… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A few moments of silence may be all the meditation we need at times. Our homes could have a little space for… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally 'just sitting.' More broadly it… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
As far as miracles are concerned, I'm not aware that I perform miracles. After many years and lifetimes of meditation, I am… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Yes, we have abolished the distance that artistic contemplation necessarily requires. So what is left? Love plus anatomy are left.” — Michel Tournier Copy Share Image
If your mind is happy then you are happy anywhere you go. When wisdom awakens within you, you will see Truth wherever… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Misery is an unpleasant painful experience (ashata vedaniya); result of misery is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Have a namasté day today. Look into the eyes of everyone you meet and silently honor his or her soul. Say silently,… — Michelle S. Fondin Copy Share Image
Chakras are organizational centers for the reception, assimilation, and transmission of life-force energy. They are the stepping stones between heaven and earth. — Anodea Judith Copy Share Image
“In Druidry rather than performing 'spells' to bring about change, we focus on making changes in our life through study, meditation, therapy,… — Sophie Cornish Copy Share Image
“Mark also pointed out that mindfulness was a skill—one that would improve as I got more meditation hours under my belt. In… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
The mind creates all the problems for an individual or for the collective. One has to go beyond the mind into thoughtless… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
The path of Zen is not easy. It's wonderful. It's beautiful beyond compare. You will experience more ecstasy and beauty than most… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Praying for peace is wonderful; meditations on loving kindness and compassion are sublime; acts of generosity and healing have the power to… — Darren Main 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
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
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
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
