There are five stages of meditation, each one leading…

Power comes from doing meditation, leading a controlled life, being conservative, not wasting all your energy on drugs, alcohol and sex and other pastimes.…

— Frederick Lenz

Meditation is not contemplation because it is not thinking at all - consistent, inconsistent, crazy, sane. It is not thinking at all; it is…

— Rajneesh

“There is a 'movement' of meditation, expressing the basic 'paschal' rhythm of the Christian life, the passage from death to life in Christ. Sometimes…

— Thomas Merton

It is not advisable for persons who are in the early stages of meditation to mediate on the two lower chakras. You will unleash…

— Frederick Lenz

“There are three stages in meditation. The first is what is called Dharana, concentrating the mind upon an object. I try to concentrate my…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Samadhi. Immersed in concentration and meditation, all thoughts and distractions far away. Your focus steady, you achieve samadhi. All that exists is the heart…

— Alberto Villoldo

A person who undertakes the study of Zen and learns concentration and meditation is like a gymnast. You become a gymnast of the mind.

— Frederick Lenz

Through concentration and meditation, you become the boss of your mind, and gain the ability to tell it when to be active and when…

— Anonymous

Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it’s about letting go of control. This is meditation. Anything else is actually a form of…

— Adyashanti

“passing current that does not affect you.  When a thought arises, a careful approach would be to simply “watch” the thought without judging it.…

— Sonali Perera

To concentrate is not to meditate, even though that is what most of you do, calling it meditation. And if concentration is not meditation,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Types of Meditation   While there are myriad of meditation techniques out there, there are two basic types of meditation that we are most…

— Sonali Perera

We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light...We…

— George H. W. Bush

Act as if the universe is a prodigious miracle created for your amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working behind the scenes…

— Rob Brezsny

You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in…

— Spencer W. Kimball