“When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
If you think that material success will bring you happiness, relationships, people, places, things, fame, fortune, you definitely should not practice tantra. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
"Resting in awareness" is one of those phrases used a lot by people who practice mindfulness. But when I tried to do… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Meditation takes us just as we are, with our confusion and our sanity. This complete acceptance of ourselves as we are is… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Sahaja Yoga is a very subtle happening within us. It's a very subtle happening. And this subtler happening gives you sensitivity to… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“RECIPE Selfless actions, healing words, and uplifting thoughts, these are the ingredients of the recipe called a beautiful life!” — Amar Ochani Copy Share Image
The spirit of the music and the energy that kicks back from the fans inspires me. To stay centered amidst the chaos… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
Once, at a seminar, I heard a Westernized lama say that a meditator's state of mind should be like that of a… — Marc Ian Barasch Copy Share Image
“There are different kinds of mantras. In fact, you can even make your own mantra. By having a mantra to focus on,… — Sarah Rowland Copy Share Image
When I am onstage, singing all these songs... what's going through my mind is nothing. That's what's so amazing about meditation -… — Thao Nguyen Copy Share Image
Intensely moving but never sentimental, Academy Street is a profound meditation on what Faulkner called 'the human heart in conflict with itself'.… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
…feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I am Shiva-this is the great meditation of the yogis in the Himalayas...Hea ven and hell are within us, and all the… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I meditate all the time. You know, I don't sleep much - it's a known fact that sleep is required more for… — Ohad Naharin Copy Share Image
I wanted to share the experience of how yoga and meditation have transformed my life, how they have enabled me to observe… — Mariel Hemingway Copy Share Image
In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Spiritual dignity says that I don't have to compete with anyone; I don't have to do what my friends do. All I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Vipassana: looking into something with clarity and precision, seeing each component as distinct, piercing all the way through so as to perceive… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Outwardly one's life may suffer every kind of limitation, from bodily paralysis to miserable surroundings, but inwardly it is free in meditation… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“An interesting practice that combines mindfulness and refraining is just to notice your physical movements when you feel uncomfortable.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that… — James Allen Copy Share Image
To meditate, you need to feel, and feeling is a lost art. You need to feel the stillness of existence and also… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is one of the main teachings of the profound traditional wisdom of India, that the Primordial Mother is the origin of… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Overscheduled children lose the space to simply be with themselves and learn the art of being alone. In our noisy, busy world,… — Joshua Becker Copy Share Image
Drop dreaming and you are there where you have really been always, but you were never aware. All meditation techniques are just… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Salvakalpa samadhi is absorption in eternity to the point where there is no real concept of self but there's still a karmic… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Keeping the mind open to new ideas, not being too anxious about success, putting 100% effort and meditation is the formula for entrepreneurs. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
People who meditate and have a good spiritual practice, their immune systems are stronger. Generally, they are happier and healthier. — Moby Copy Share Image
Meditation is really letting go of all the thought processes or 'mind traffic' that gets in the way of just whatever is… — Trudie Styler Copy Share Image
In the study of Zen you can learn how to strengthen and clarify your finite mind. Your finite mind is like a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is existence. When we meditate, all we are simply doing is letting go and allowing ourselves to dissolve back into that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There are also places of power that reference the fourth and fifth chakras, which are places of balance, and places of power… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's hard to keep the energy going sometimes, that's why I like to go with a group of people who are meditating.… — Donna Karan Copy Share Image
When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The key aspect to meditating is that you close your eyes and engage in thoughts that are positive, uplifting, and create feelings… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image