“Indeed, we all know that the man who attentively contemplates a thing, who wants to see it as it is without changing… — Alexandre Kojeve Copy Share Image
“It is important to understand that, according to Kashmir Shaivism, this analysis of all phenomena into thirty six tattvas is not an… — Balajinnatha Pandita Copy Share Image
“To believe happiness-misery in circumstances is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self). One becomes unhappy when he loses what he likes… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“we assert that in all mammals the center of primal, constructive consciousness and activity lies in the middle front of the abdomen,… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The door of entry into this castle is prayer and meditation. If a person does not realize Whom he is addressing, and… — Padma Aon Prakasha Copy Share Image
Your enlightenment is perfect only when silence has come to be a celebration. Hence my insistence that after you meditate you must… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“James Baraz in his book Awakening Joy, “Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
If life is a gift then all that belongs to life is going to be a gift. Happiness, love, meditation - all… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Meditation is the art of cleaning your mirror from all the dust that the society, the religion, the educational system has poured… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“If you are free from memory and imagination, you will always be meditative. If you release yourself from these, meditation is just… — Sadhguru Copy Share Image
The paintings are more about physicality and gesture than meditation. I'd compare it to playing scales on the Cello - each sound… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
“We all build internal sea walls to keep at bay the sadness of life and the often overwhelming forces within our minds.… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
When you sit quiet and watch yourself, many things may come to the surface. Do nothing about them, don't react to them.… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
“Joy is our ultimate truth. Joy comes from the roots of our being. It comes from our deepest core. Everything else is on… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
Zen enriches no one. There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle for a while in the… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Meditation does not have to be long or complicated for you to receive its benefits. If you haven’t done it before, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight...… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once you are absolutely thoughtlessly aware, you are one with the Divine, so much so that the Divine takes over every activity,… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Essentially Satori is a sudden experience, and it is often described as a "turning over" of the mind, just as a pair… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“It’s like when you’re flying in an airplane. Whenever severe turbulence comes along, the seatbelt keeps you from getting thrown around the… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“As it is the sister of reading, so it is the mother of prayer. Though a man's heart be much indisposed to… — William Bridge Copy Share Image
“What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof, and Krishna consciousness and meditation… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Meditation is one of the rare occasions when we're not doing anything. Otherwise, we're always doing something, we're always thinking something, we're… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Some people are incapable of perceiving in the object of their contemplation the very thing that gives it its intrinsic life and… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
I need to get better at learning how to stay calm. I'm a bit of a worrier and a stress cadet. Yoga… — Tricia Helfer Copy Share Image
Mystics knew how to channel grace through prayer and they knew the power of that. They knew how to receive guidance through… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
Routines may include taking a warm bath or a relaxing walk in the evening, or practicing meditation/relaxation exercises. Psychologically, the completion of… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Choose one meditation and then put all your effort in it. That effort has to be very regular because will is created… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Meditation is simply a strange surgical method which cuts you away from all that is not yours and saves only that which… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It is only through meditation that we can get lasting peace, divine peace. If we meditate soulfully in the morning and receive… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
The ultimate way of Being lies beyond all contradictory pairs of opposites with which our two dimensional thinking mind operates. As soon… — Anagarika Govinda Copy Share Image
“Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Over time, as the thinking mind begins to settle [through the practice of meditation], we’ll start to see our patterns and habits… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Any individual or society that fails to honor or provide the opportunity for women to fully exert their power can never truly… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
“Patañjali describes the fluctuations, modifications and modulations of thought which disturb the consciousness, and then sets out the various disciplines by which… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
“Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“5. Zazen, or the Sitting in Meditation. Habit comes out of practice, and forms character by degrees, and eventually works out destiny.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
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