About once a week I think about going and living in a cave and meditating instead. I think that would be a… — Simon Amstell Copy Share Image
“Art requires contemplation that focuses attention on the viewer developing a relationship with the work of art, not merely passively receiving a… — Daniel A. Siedell 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
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 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
“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
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
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
What I wish to show by these feats of strength is that prayer and meditation can definitely increase one's outer capacities. I… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
To live moment to moment is the life of meditation. Then life becomes spontaneous without any effort; then nobody can make you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Meditation is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change.… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
As strange as it sounds, meditation may reveal that we are happier than we thought we were. We may discover that ancient… — Wes Nisker Copy Share Image
Meditation increases our vitality and strengthens our intelligence. Our beauty is enhanced and our mental accuracy and health are improved. We gain… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Except witnessing, I don't teach anything else. So just witness your mind and the meditation will be happening. And once you have… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It… — Swami Vivekananda 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“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
“While meditating, we are cleaning up clutter in the backyard of our mind, triggering a shift in our thinking, and reshaping a… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
...one need not, and should not, believe blindfolded in whatever is said about ascent or salvation, but should treat it like a… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles. — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
If you meditate, you can experience the other worlds, the far-flung eternities and dimensions - and you are not stuck in any… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty is a farcical fictional meditation on female beauty structured as a mash-up of an old episode of… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Many things embarrass me, but reading isn't one of them. I'm not ashamed of my slightly weird collection of prison memoirs. Nor… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
There is a way beyond this life and beyond death, the path of liberation. In order to be liberated, you have to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The simplest aspect of self-enquiry is to just hold onto the sense I AM, the sense of Being. Keep the sense of… — Mooji Copy Share Image
In this world people love to talk and be active. Everyone wants to express their opinion. Listen in meditation, not to your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“After long reflection in solitude and meditation, I suddenly had the idea, during the year 1923, that the discovery made by Einstein… — Louis de Broglie Copy Share Image
In my weightlifting I am trying to show that if you pray and meditate, you can bring to the fore your inner… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image