“Discussing God is not the best use of our energy. If we touch the Holy Spirit, we touch God not as a… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
To meditate does not mean to fight with a problem. To meditate means to observe. Your smile proves it. It proves that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Today, luxury resides in everything that is becoming rare: communion with nature, silence, meditation, slowness rediscovered, the pleasure of living out of… — Pascal Bruckner Copy Share Image
The natural purity of our mind is of no use to us if we are not aware of it, and if we… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Meditation opens the doors of your inner treasures, what Jesus calls the kingdom of god. Meditation is only a key, and keys… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Profound meditation in solitude and silence frequently exalts the mind above its natural tone, fires the imagination, produces the most refined and… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
I have been meditating for many years now, but I think for quite a few years my relationship with meditation was very… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
“There comes a stage, whether in meditation or in the ordinary daily experience of life, at which he has to cross over… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as… — Sylvia Boorstein Copy Share Image
Taking the one seat describes two related aspects of spiritual work. Outwardly, it means selecting one practice and teacher among all the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“If people think they can “do” meditation, then they become frustrated every time they don’t achieve the state. In the same way… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
Men are constantly attracted and deluded by two opposite charms: the charm of competence which is engendered by mathematics and everything akin… — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
People who say, "I don't believe in God," I want to say to them, "Forget the G O D word. But can… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
Along with faith comes the requirement for dogged persistence. At first meditation may bring you mild highs or some relief from suffering.… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
Meditation gives you more inner strength and confidence, and if you don't feel vulnerable, you can put that to the service of… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“The New Man is the most important things that is happening in the world today. The new man will have to find… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Meditation is a powerful spiritual practice that can alter your state of mind and change your life. On a spiritual level, regular… — Sarah Rowland Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as an ideal state of meditation. Awareness allows us to relate to our mental processes and to… — Sadhak Anshit Copy Share Image
“When it comes right down to it, the challenge of mindfulness is to realize that “this is it” Right now is my… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Children, daily practice of yoga or sun salutations (surya-namaskara) is very good for health and for spiritual practice. Lack of proper exercise… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
A presence surrounds an enlightened person. That presence has nothing to do with the body; when the body is gone,the presence still… — OSHO Copy Share Image
By means of meditation, I feel that we have planted dynamite to transcend the world of confusion. So it would be good… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
“If you can meditate, if you can create a little distance between your mind and your being, if you can see and… — Osho Copy Share Image
“That dream, of sharing, completing, of finding in solitude on the beach an answer, was then but a reflection in a mirror,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Learning to stay on the verge of being awake and asleep is a very important, powerful, and fertile doorway, or midpoint. This… — Julie T. Lusk Copy Share Image
Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness works with continuous awareness of body, breath; feelings, thoughts, intentions. Our state of mind, our positive or negative attitude towards the… — Natasa Pantovic Nuit Copy Share Image
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
Meditation accepts us just as we are-in both our tantrums and our bad habits, in our love and commitments and happiness. It… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“But there are times in our meditation – and they come to all who meditate – when everything is suddenly worn-out, old,… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Jesus says God is love. I would like to change it. I would like to say love is God. When you say… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I often joke with my audiences that I make most of my income on a ski pole. People smile but they get… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
“As much as the scientific community currently enthralled with mindfulness would like to set aside the ethical component of the Buddhist tradition… — Andrew Olendzki Copy Share Image
Meditation has to spread all over your life. Whatsoever you do, do meditatively. Walk meditatively, eat meditatively. If you are making love,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“We need more explorers in consciousness and less followers of beliefs, isms, and credos. Religions and spiritual leaders influence millions by pushing… — Robert Cosmar Copy Share Image
“Meditation is both the symbol and expression of our intention to grow. Sitting still, alone with our thoughts and feelings, we can… — Sebastian Pole Copy Share Image
“Whenever we decide to create a greater degree of change in our lives we need to start doing things differently. Any external… — Raphael Zernoff Copy Share Image
Repose, leisure, peace, belong among the elements of happiness. If we have not escaped from harried rush, from mad pursuit, from unrest,… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it’s about letting go of control. This is meditation. Anything else is actually a… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image