Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self. — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Children, if we can do archana of the 1000 Names of the Divine Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
It´s time we saw sex as the truly sacred art that it is. A deep meditation, a holy communion and a dance… — Marcus Allen Copy Share Image
Your ability to still your mind through the process of meditation and inner reflection and outer change brings a stillness to the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Who do you think of first in the morning? Good manipulators do it in the dream plane. The morning practice of meditation… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It was a meditation on life, love, old age, death: ideas that had often fluttered around her head like nocturnal birds but… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
How do you know you were in samadhi? You know when your awareness returns to the plane of self and ideation that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The first thing I do after I wake up is a morning meditation. It's just as I awake and before I open… — Tony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
“Quietistic meditation is easier, naturally, but a person who practices it will turn out to be just as insecure and petty as… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He sees the truth as with a jolt. There it is, within his own being, lying deep down but still in his… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
This is what meditation is all about, just becoming a watcher. Failure comes, success comes, you are praised, you are condemned, you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Not a single Mainer should be rationing their medication or avoiding a trip to the doctor because they aren't sure what it… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
Zen is a totally different kind of religion. It brings humanness to religion. It is not bothered about anything superhuman; its whole… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Injuries happen on the yoga mat all the time, but they never happen when we are truly practicing yoga. For instance, most… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
If you put your conditioned intellect to rest for a long time, suddenly it will be like the bottom falling out of… — Yuanwu Keqin Copy Share Image
Modern psychology has pointed to the need of educating people to use a much larger portion of the mind. Transcendental meditation fulfills… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
“There is the gradual path to enlightenment or the direct. The direct you sense during the lifetime, the gradual when time is… — Lenfantvivant Copy Share Image
“We have to know ourselves to know where we end and another person begins, and we have to develop the skills to… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Yoga, the physical part, brings health in your body; meditation works on the mind, realizing your self. And they both can be… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
Whenever you meditate, there are glimpses. Then the mind comes in and says, 'Be happy! Look, I have done it.' And immediately… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more,… — Katrina Kenison Copy Share Image
Sring is the mantra of beauty. Traditionally it is connected with Lakshmi, the Indian goddess of beauty. Chant "Sring" slowly, elongating each… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Making work for me is being in the world, but it's also being specific about being in the world. I'm interested in… — Zoe Leonard Copy Share Image
As you expand your meditation practice, in concert with your faith, you will find that these divine moments come more often, until… — James Finley Copy Share Image
Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily… — Mika Copy Share Image
“Breathing they say is good for you. It's yoga. In Tara's case, it's just pain. They remained silent for the rest of… — Soroosh Shahrivar Copy Share Image
The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind.… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When meditating, do not expect something to happen. Otherwise, you are meditating on your expectation, and you are not doing the Meditation… — Choa Kok Sui Copy Share Image
Meditation is the activity of calling to mind, and thinking over, and dwelling on, and applying to oneself, the various things that… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Drop all ideas of achieving in meditation, just do it naturally; what happens happens on its own. One day, effortlessly, everything starts… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fruit of meditation is not the absence of thoughts, but the fact that thoughts cease to harm us. Once enemies, they… — Bokar Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness suggests that we keep working to simplify our lives, to think as clearly as we can, and extend a little patience… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
