If you hold a negative thought, then it will become more powerful and not only will it send bad energy to the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I first went into samadhi when I was 19. I was meditating in the mountains and had been meditating on a daily… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is not this kind of spacey stuff that makes it difficult to orient your life. If that's your experience of meditation,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
While you're meditating, all kinds of thoughts arise... You don't find your thoughts threatening or particularly helpful. They just become the general… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The best thing about football for me is the reacting. It's a lot of instincts. But training, for me, it's more for… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
“** Take up meditation. Set a timer for 15 minutes, close your eyes and focus on your breathing. When your mind wanders,… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
If you start picking up other people's impressions while you are meditating, then instead of clearing yourself, you are just going to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Try to find a teacher of meditation and meditate at least once a week in a group with people who meditate a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I love meditating and taking some time for myself when I need it. As moms, it's easy to feel guilty about this… — Molly Sims Copy Share Image
If I had not been already been meditating, I would certainly have had to start. I've treated my own depression for many… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness;… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
If I can have an effect on influential women and men, if they seek me out because they are interested in self-knowledge… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better, not just at meditating, but at a wide… — Kelly McGonigal Copy Share Image
Necessary, since every moment in our lives is marked by death, like a shadow from another realm, it appear to us like… — Andre Comte-Sponville Copy Share Image
“Then I...made a list of ways I am going to be this week. I need to cultivate more perspective. I should spend… — Meg Howrey Copy Share Image
I sing the best when I'm really in my voice. It's kind of like I'm meditating but I sort of imagine my… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
“Meditating is also a means for you to move beyond your analytical mind so that you can access your subconscious mind. That’s… — Joe Dispenza Copy Share Image
No one needs to know that you've shut the world out and are meditating as you stroll down the street. Twenty minutes… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
One day I was meditating on a cliff overlooking the ocean in Southern California and I was absorbed in a state of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One thing I do personally started 20 years ago. I started meditating, and I know twice a day I can kind of… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
The more you come to know the Bible - both in reading it extensively and also meditating on it deeply - the… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
If you are not as happy as you used to be, chances are you are not meditating properly. You may be trying… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The ultimate reason for meditating is to transform ourselves in order to be better able to transform the world or, to put… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
“When (because there is no “if” about this) you are meditating and suddenly find yourself mixing up a batch of brownies or… — Victor Davich Copy Share Image
By meditating on affectionate love and wishing love for just one moment we accumulate greater merit than we would by giving food… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Whenever you aren’t manipulating your experience, you’re meditating. As soon as you meditate because you think you should, you’re controlling your experience… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Not only when one does meditation one is getting into a different realm, cognitively, but if you look at the imaging that's… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
“If there was a common, even official form of killing oneself, suicide would be much easier and much more frequent. But since… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
I spent so much of my life reading about spirituality and reading about neuroscience and trying different meditation practices. It's a really… — Moby Copy Share Image
It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
With the Rosary, we allow ourselves to be guided by Mary, model of faith, in meditating on the mysteries of Christ, and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
There is a tendency sometimes within the Shambhala community to make it just about meditating and, so, less about compassion. Shambhala is… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
I observe many people who say they are meditating, but I sure don't see them meditating. They sit and touch a lot… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Talking to someone, meditating, praying, or just plain crying it out helps. The most important thing after doing any of these things… — Betsy Landin Copy Share Image
“Spirituality doesn’t look like sitting down and meditating. Spirituality looks like folding the towels in a sweet way and talking kindly to… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
I started meditating and as soon as I turned that lens of attention inwards, it was like, okay, game over. This is… — Mark Coleman Copy Share Image
In the beginning, when you are meditating, just ignore thought. Shine it on. Then after you are comfortable sitting there, try selectively… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I've recently started practicing japa meditation. Meditating has always been a bit difficult for me, but japa asks you to focus on… — Allison McAtee Copy Share Image
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