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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
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
“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 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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
The understanding of it [absolute] is very important as a beginning point. Then you can use meditation, further reasoning, long-term familiarity etc.,… — Robert Thurman 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
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
![“When one hears the word meditation, it conjures an image of Maharishi Yoga talking about finding a mantra and striving for nirvana. The purpose of such meditation is to empty oneself. [Satan] is happy to invade the empty vacuum of your soul and possess it. That is why people serve Satan without…” quote by E.W. Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/faf/e-w-jackson-48047_child-of-god_when-one-hears-the-word-meditation-it-co_1011083.jpg)
![“The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight... [Breadmaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells…” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ed6/anonymous-1_ancient_the-smell-of-good-bread-baking-like-the_874929.jpg)
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![“The understanding of it [absolute] is very important as a beginning point. Then you can use meditation, further reasoning, long-term familiarity etc., you can use all kinds of methods to deepen this understanding and to have it counter the instinctual sense of being an absolute you.” quote by Robert Thurman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5be/robert-thurman-9409_absolutes_the-understanding-of-it-absolute-is-very_855777.jpg)
