Dhyan means meditation. Meditation means awareness, watchfulness, a silent witnessing of all the processes of the mind. And the magic of watching… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When one hears the word meditation, it conjures an image of Maharishi Yoga talking about finding a mantra and striving for nirvana.… — E.W. Jackson Copy Share Image
Do not base your life on the likings and dislikings or whims of others. What you are in life - whether you… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
If you are angry you will share anger, if you are greedy you will share greed, if you are full of lust… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The fortunate one uses the instrument of deep meditation and probes deep into his heart. Then the waves of love gain the… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Appreciation empowers not just money transactions, but all interactions. Gratitude is one of the greatest meditations of a lifetime, the fastest attitude… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
Whereas a lot of Buddhism concerns itself with stages of enlightenment, various precepts and moral codes, and even power structures and hierarchies,… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
Another way to look at meditation is to view thinking itself as a waterfall, a cascading of thought. In cultivating mindfulness, we… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he, as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner, I hope,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I call Zen the only living religion because it is not a religion, but only a religiousness. It has no dogma, it… — OSHO Copy Share Image
“True freedom is when all the stories, all the insights, all the realizations, concepts, beliefs and positions dissolve. What remains is what… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shape—determine—what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we… — James H. Austin Copy Share Image
These days it seems the lyric impulse, so seemingly fragile, comes in for a lot of abuse-or simply a lot of mistrust.… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
If you develop a detachment, through thoughtless awareness, God will take over, He will do your work. He will look after you.… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Non-attachment doesn’t mean you forgo possessions, pleasure, or comfort. It simply means you are at peace when those things fail to show… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Meditation expands our inner being. The inner being is like a small, individual river flowering towards the Ocean. In meditation, I feel… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
I certainly don't mean to leave the impression that anxiety can be waved away with a simple pep talk. In fact, for… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
The transition from Religion to Scientific contemplation is a violent, dangerous leap, which is not to be recommended. In order to make… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
By work alone, men may get to where Buddha got largely by meditation or Christ by prayer. Buddha was a working Jnani,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by… — Victor Frankl Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
While doing the postures, your mind should be in half-consciousn ess, which does not mean sleep. It means silence, emptiness, space, which… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
In his late quartets, Beethoven introduces an element that shouldn't be there, that should be left for meditation, though I love them.… — John Tavener Copy Share Image
Each day we all need to recharge our spiritual battery, otherwise the light of our consciousness becomes dim, thoughts become fuzzy, and… — Dr BK Satyanarayan Copy Share Image
“If we suffer from dependent happiness, we are caught up in a vicious circle of expectation and deception. Constantly seeking more and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
We could become quite satisfied with ourselves because we are sitting in meditation and are endeavoring to practice the spiritual path. Such… — Ayya Khema Copy Share Image
“If a person does five samayiks (introspective analysis by being as Self) he will say, ‘I did five’. This is how he… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness & Meditation help focus on the moment while at the same time knowing we cannot capture that moment, we are in… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
“Therefore it is to a practical mysticism that the practical man is here invited: to a training of his latent faculties, a… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
“The deeper he penetrates into this inner being, the more will he feel inclined to keep the development quite secret. It is… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Chanting Hare Krishna is a type of meditation that can be practiced even if the mind is in turbulence. You can even… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
“Through discussions, reading, contemplation, and practice I've come to recognize the importance of subtle feelings and symbols. By paying attention to subtle… — Mark Ireland Copy Share Image
“Frank Jude Boccio, author of Mindfulness Yoga, to think about as he leaves the session: “We bitch about our difficulties along the… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
My mother read that parents should spend quality time with their children. One way is to sign up for organized activities together.… — Julie Anne Peters Copy Share Image
“Silence is a mirror. So faithful, and yet so unexpected, is the relection it can throw back at men that they will… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Intuition is the language of silence, the Existential language. The word "in-tuition" means to listen within yourself. Intuition is the silent voice… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“mindfulness meditation will transform your reactivity to the signals by turning down the volume on your amygdala and orbital frontal cortex. But… — Richard J. Davidson Copy Share Image
“Meditation is simply awareness without any effort, an effortless alertness; it does not need any technique. But your mind is so full… — Osho Copy Share Image
You have to rise up to that state of thoughtless awareness where you grow spiritually. If you are not in thoughtless awareness,… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image