The secret, or innermost, level of wisdom is pure intuition, clarity, lucidity, innate wakefulness, presence, and recognition of reality. This transcendental wisdom… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And therefore you who think so basely of the Gospel and the professors of it, because at present their peace and comfort… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
“The Buddha told his disciple Ananda to see impermanence, to see death with every breath. We must know death; we must die… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
The point of the overall meditative path is to have Wakefulness (or Consciousness as Such) transcend and include all state-realms, so it… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
If contemplation of other people's pain just increases distress, then I think we should see it in another way. If we don't… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness,… — Patanjali Copy Share Image
“Life is like a movie. Just roll up a film. When you finish it, just be kind and rewind. Don't live it… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
A very enjoyable meditation on the curious thing called 'Zen' -not the Japanese religious tradition but rather the Western clich of Zen… — Alexander Gardner Copy Share Image
It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
This ego business has come from various sources, you know that, but it has to be cleansed out. Like when the river… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing something about who that is. It is about coming to realize that you are… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“Be still, and know that I am God," sings the Biblical Psalmist. This simply means that the movement of thoughts and emotions… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
We cannot expect to be in control of the circumstances in our lives when we cannot control our minds for five minutes.… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
It is always advisable to obtain a mantra from a self-realized master. Until then we may use one of the mantras of… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
So, I installed a CCTV system to tape what's going on inside my mind. Thousands of hours of drama, confusion, discussion, huge… — Marcelo Goianira Copy Share Image
Invisible Beasts is a strange and beautiful meditation on love and seeing, a hybrid of fantasy and field guide, novel and essay,… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
To live moment to moment is the life of meditation. Then life becomes spontaneous without any effort; then nobody can make you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“First, it has been charged with inviting people to remain in a kind of desperate quietism because, since no solutions are possible,… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
“Mind and body are in many ways opposite from each other, and mind and body must each act according to its own… — H.E. Davey Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation Copy Share Image
Dear brothers and sisters...The Lord is calling me to "climb the mountain", to devote myself even more to prayer and meditation. But… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Except witnessing, I don't teach anything else. So just witness your mind and the meditation will be happening. And once you have… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Theoretically, I wanted to meditate, but I found actually doing it extraordinarily difficult. As a therapist, I knew that we all want… — Mary Bray Pipher Copy Share Image
“Whenever I start to doubt if I’m worth the eternal trouble of medication and therapy, I remember those people who let the… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“When meditation is mastered, The mind is unwavering like the Flame of a lamp in a windless place. In the still mind,… — Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
Meditation is first quietness. We live in a great din. It is well to see (for who sees it not will have… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
Meditation is like taking a little milk and honey bath on your psyche. "Just let that go, no, you don't need that."… — Chrysta Bell Copy Share Image
It is a good practice to write at least on page of mantra daily. Many people get better concentration by writing than… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
We're importing Hinduism into America. The whole thought of your karma, of meditation, of the fact that there's no end of life… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
The universe is wired with the electricity of God, & each of us is a lamp. It doesn't matter the size or… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Zen purposes to discipline the mind itself, to make it its own master, through an insight into its proper nature. This getting… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
The future is just your hope, expectation. And when this life is not fulfilling you start looking further, beyond death. All these… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Creativity has two possibilities. One is that it arises out of your silence, love, understanding, your clarity of vision, your intimate friendliness… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
So our ego has to be seen. It is to be watched in a witness state, how it works and how it… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“A gardener cannot make a seed grow. She can simply create the conditions for growth to occur and then patiently wait. A… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“At the cost of efficiency always choose awareness, and you will create the situation in which meditation will become possible. You are… — Osho Copy Share Image
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