“Woe to that seven months abortion who thinks to take advantage of the accidents of birth, and, mocking the call of duty,… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
As objects of contemplation, images of the atrocious can answer to several different needs. To steel oneself against weakness. To make oneself… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Meditation is the study of making the mind still. As your mind becomes still, a power enters you. This power transmogrifies your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
In real meditation you forget the body. You may be cut to pieces and not feel it at all. You feel such… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Substantially advanced spirituality is indistinguishable from science, and substantially advanced science is indistinguishable from spirituality.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The essence of spirituality is, to be constantly aware of the oneness of all; at the same time to celebrate the uniqueness… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
As you meditate, you will be able to look at the beauties and horrors of life and accept them with an equal… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“This is a gradual process and takes time and patience. With dedicated practice, peace and happiness can become our baseline. The more… — Julie T. Lusk Copy Share Image
“I have always felt deep within myself that I do not trust that I am already OK as I am, and that… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
So in Sahasrara, you must know what powers are there. There are one thousand powers, one thousand powers within you which are… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I felt so liberated when I first saw Charles Mee’s 'The Glory of the World' at BAM play, because for me this… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
Through repeated practice of the body scan over time, we come to grasp the reality of our body as whole in the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“The route of true happiness, the Buddha argued, was to achieve a visceral understanding of impermanence, which would take you off the… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
Before you speak, get very quiet, do the meditation, say, "Use me as a channel for what needs to get said to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“Engaging in meditative self-reflection and gaining increased control of inner experiences provides a person with a sense of control over fear and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Night by night I will lie down and sleep in the thought of God, and in the thought, too, that my waking… — William Mountford Copy Share Image
How do you end a meditation session? It's nice to chant a mantra again. Maybe repeat it a few times. It seals… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“When you bring mindful mindful awareness to your thoughts, you train your mind to settle, and, with time and practice, realize you… — Carmel Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Your conscious repetitive thoughts and experiences create new neural pathways and remove the blockages of the 72000 Nadis and rewire your brain… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
We are not really separate beings of light. That's a dream we are having, the dream of multiplicity. Meditation takes us beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I do kabbalistic meditation. It's not unlike time travel; it can change the past and not just the future. You can look… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“To cast off the delusive way of ordinary consciousness while sitting on a cushion in a quiet room is only the beginning.… — Katsuki Sekida Copy Share Image
Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen. For one minute, listen to the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Religion exists not because of God or for God; it is because of marriage. Marriage creates so much misery that one has… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I felt I should have been the happiest person in the world. But I looked inside, and that happiness was only on… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The advanced student of meditation takes an active part in supporting the work of their teacher. They happily work more hours or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Through the practice of meditation, when the mind is quieted and the emotions are calmed, the Soul shines forth in all of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With a practice, we can always remain alive in the present moment. With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
That's the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“By emphasizing doubt rather than belief, perplexity rather than certainty, and questions rather than answers, Zen practice granted me the freedom to… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I've tried to become a more emotionally intelligent person through therapy and meditation, but I can't control the fact that some of… — Lindsay Shookus Copy Share Image
With wrong farming methods, we turn fertile land into desert. Unless we go back to organic farming and save the soil, there… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
When a person finds life hard, he needs motivation and inspiration; but if he finds life’s journey easy, then he needs meditation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
