Meditation Quotes · Page 125

When you start your meditation, picture a beautiful blue sky without any clouds in it. Feel that your body is growing lighter.…

— Frederick Lenz

If you want to experience the unalloyed ecstasy of life, you can accomplish this through the twin Buddhist practices of meditation and…

— Frederick Lenz

“The ultimate experience of being mindful occurs when we forget about everything, even the mindful self and doing. In that mode we…

— Sang H. Kim

Remember always that the ultimate value is meditation, so anything you do, do meditatively; and all things can be done in a…

— Rajneesh

Learning to meditate is one of my earliest memories. I started when I was maybe three or four. I mean, I didn't…

— Jamal Murray

We see in meditation that our experiences are endless, that we are endless, eternal spirit, not as a thought or an idea…

— Frederick Lenz

Caught in the self-centered dream, only suffering; holding to self-centered thoughts, exactly the dream; each moment, life as it is, the only…

— Joko Beck

The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true…

— David Lynch

Those people who have got wisdom are very lucky people, but wisdom comes from no source but your own understanding of life.…

— Nirmala Srivastava

The basic idea of Zen is to come in touch with the inner workings of our being, and to do this in…

— D.T. Suzuki

“Spinoza writes, “A free man, that is to say, a man who lives according to the dictates of reason alone, is not…

— Ruth Ozeki

“A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by…

— Viktor E. Frankl

Watchfulness is the path of immortality: Unwatchfulness is the path of death. Those who are watchful never die: Those who do not…

— Juan Mascaro

“Zeena believes that the breaking of taboos creates access to blocked energy that is let loose in a forceful way. The left-hand…

— Zeena Schreck

“Meditation is not difficult in its concept and essence, but it can present challenges for some. One of the most common is…

— liberty forrest

“Presence is about how every action can arise from the quality, which we call awareness – the presence of our inner being,…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

“No connection is always easy or free of strife, no matter how many minutes a day we meditate. It’s how we relate…

— Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is…

— Nhat Hanh

“Monastic contemplatives have staked out a clearly limited area to be transformed by contemplation: the monastery. Lay contemplatives face the challenge of…

— David Steindl-Rast

As the prana current, kundalini and different energies begin to move through you, you will feel yourself moving and rocking. Keep the…

— Frederick Lenz

“Keep your heart clear And transparent, And you will Never be bound. A single disturbed thought Creates ten thousand distractions.”

— Ryokan

Zen is influenced by Daoism, which is not so much a nature-religion in the animistic sense as a nature-philosophy in a cosmic…

— Quentin S. Crisp

“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the…

— Sharon Salzberg

Happiness comes from the dissolution of the mind, not from external objects. Through meditation we can achieve everything including bliss, health, strength,…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

“When sleepy, meditate with your eyes open wide. Stand in place for a few minutes or do walking meditation. If it’s really…

— Jack Kornfield

Be neither attracted nor repulsed. You are watching a movie. If the visions are beautiful or horrible, Don't get caught up in…

— Frederick Lenz

If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a…

— Dalai Lama

“The keys to health and weight-loss: stress reduction, sleep, deep breathing, clean water, complete nutrition, sunshine, walking, stretching, meditation, love, community, laughter,…

— Bryant McGill

Zen is a liberation from time. For if we open our eyes and see clearly, it becomes obvious that there is no…

— Anonymous

“Effort, concentration, and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in…

— Sylvia Boorstein

“CHANGE 1: MEDITATE THE CHANGE: Find a quiet place and sit for 2 minutes, focusing on your breathing. is is a simple…

— Anonymous

Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which…

— Auguste Rodin

Place an object within your view, hopefully at about eye level. You might have to look down a little bit. Some people…

— Frederick Lenz

There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if…

— Ann Radcliffe

In advanced Zen a person comes to realize that the existence of things and their ability to perceive them correctly is completely…

— Frederick Lenz

Meditation is a technique to integrate one's personality, to be able to live and enjoy full life of all glories - worldly…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“For a moment of intense terror she paused upon the giddy pinnacle, as if in contemplation of her own sublimity, then trembled…

— Edgar Allan Poe

I know that if I do the right amount of, say, meditation and hot yoga or something, I can move the energy…

— Jason Mraz

“Contemplation, sadly, helps you see your woundedness! That’s why most people do not stay long with contemplative prayer, because it’s not very…

— Richard Rohr

Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance…

— Gary Snyder