If your body wants comfort, you try to make it learn to give up that. Try to make your body your slave… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Cultivation of positive emotions, including self-love and self-respect, strengthens our inner resources and opens us to a broader range of thoughts and… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Something that I did, and I developed out of that sonic meditations, which were pieces that I composed in the '70s that… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
You cannot intellectualize God, you cannot, He is beyond your intellect, you cannot understand Him through your intellect. If you have to… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying… — Ravi Ravindra Copy Share Image
“Even amazing states of bliss, peace, clarity and spaciousness have nothing to do with awakening as these are just experiences coming and… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
I watch mostly every martial arts movie... I really like movies that aren't just martial arts. I like movies that have spiritual… — Tony Jaa Copy Share Image
Diet is a matter of personal preference, but if you're interested in the advanced states of meditation, eating mammals should be avoided.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“I was beginning to realize that zazen was not a cure-all. People who attain a certain degree of understanding of zazen begin… — Arthur Braverman Copy Share Image
With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In doing zazen it is desirable to have a quiet room. You should be temperate in eating and drinking, forsaking all delusive… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Now you are changed people. Your personality is different. It's shining through your spirit. In that spirit, you have to see everything.… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Spirituality reflects the most sophisticated mindset and the most power force available for the transformation of human suffering – whether some is… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“There is no time or space in the mind principle. Infinite mind or intelligence is present in its entirety at every point… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
“Memorizing someone else’s explanation of the truth isn’t the same as seeing the truth for yourself. It is what it is—the memorization… — H.E. Davey Copy Share Image
The real glory of meditation lies not in any method but in its continual living experience of presence, in its bliss, clarity,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Everyone's mind wanders, without doubt, and we always have to start over. Everyone resists or dislikes the thought of or is too… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Stop trying to distinguish the joy of meditation from the messiness of life. Begin to see the divine in everything. She is… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
Once you touch a dimension which is boundless, the idea of time and space disappears. What is here is there; what is… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Tantra is only recommended for someone who has a very developed will power, a terrific sense of humor, and a sense that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
So to overcome the problems of personality the best thing is to witness, practice witnessing everything: before talking, practice witnessing, before giving… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
I always hold out hope. Mediation is an opportunity for each side to present their case, and for us to get back… — Ron Weber Copy Share Image
If you're sitting in a monastery, where your schedule is set and you have very few uncontrolled variables, that's fantastic that you… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
Concentration is not the approach towards God. Concentration is a mind approach. God is everywhere, so you have to relax, you have… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
You can use meditation, and prayer, and ritual to foster compassion, love, and inclusiveness, or you can use them to foster hatred,… — Andrew B. Newberg Copy Share Image
I still practice Transcendental Meditation and I think it's great. Marharishi only ever did good for us, and although I have not… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I have been sought out by a number of people who would have felt uncomfortable coming to a large public meditation. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness, and freedom of each sentient being to sing… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
The essence of meditation is a period of time set aside to contemplate the Lord, listen to Him, and allow Him to… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
Observing our thoughts (which we do in the process of meditation) is the first step in understanding and, in the last analysis,… — Dr BK Satyanarayan Copy Share Image
I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
The way of nothingness is the way of Zen. It is just a term. The contemplation of nothingness or everythingness is where… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As you meditate and become more spiritually attuned, you can better discern and recognize the sound of your higher self or the… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
“Zen is the practice of being still, while doing what we do in our lives, so that we are focused and connected… — David Carlyle Copy Share Image
Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Meditation has only one meaning, and that is going beyond the mind and becoming a witness. In your witnessing is the miracle… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I couldn't just sit there and meditate all morning - that's not really my thing. It's not good for me to give… — Frankie Bridge Copy Share Image
“An awareness of alternatives at the early stages of learning a skill gives a conditional quality to the learning, which, again, increases… — Ellen J. Langer Copy Share Image
