“Life and the Universe are beneficent. If we make friends with our experience and work with the flow of life rather than… — Katherine Parker Copy Share Image
When there is no thought in the mind, no thought of thought, when the mind is quiet but fully alert, we experience… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by - those actions that… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is a particular state of consciousness that involves awareness and acceptance of whatever is happening in the present moment. You can… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them than the sound that comes out of… — Louise Talma Copy Share Image
“Only when the seeker is lost, the truth is there. Seek, and you will miss. Seek not, and you will find. The… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Because you have created so much tension in your life, now you are meditating. But this is the opposite of tension, not… — Osho Copy Share Image
“The future is as blank as a plane sheet if you don't have an eagle's eye, that's why you should climb to… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The way to develop inner peace through meditation begins with the recognition that the destroyer of inner peace is not some external… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our… — Alphonsus Liguori Copy Share Image
Simply notice that you're aware. At any given moment, you can choose to follow the chain of thoughts, emotions, and sensations that… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche 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
The thing about Zen is that it pushes contradictions to their ultimate limit where one has to choose between madness and innocence.… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I practice Buddhism, so I meditate daily, which helps keep me centered and reminds me not to get my knickers in a… — Rosie Fellner Copy Share Image
“To pass from the extremes of danger to safety-from the tumult of war to the tranquility of peace, though sweet in contemplation,… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
A plant has to be watered but when it grows into a tree, it is no longer necessary. Similarly, if the inner… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Kundalini is generated through cultivating humility, purity, through meditation, selfless giving, and by studying with an advanced teacher on a personal level. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Sleep and meditation are key. Natural sleep for 8 hours will help remove toxins from the body, help consolidate memory, create order… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
It feels good. Kinda like when you have to shut your computer down, just sometimes when it goes crazy, you just shut… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
I mean the whole thing about meditation and yoga is about connecting to the higher part of yourself, and then seeing that… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
You don't need a special place to meditate. You can transcend anywhere in the world. The unified field is here, and there,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Zen is mind-less activity, that is, Mind-ful activity, and it may often be advisable to emphasize the mind, and say, Take care… — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, when asked how to strike a better balance between family, work and self-realisation says: "You need the intention, good scheduling,… — Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel Dakini Power Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Copy Share Image
Return from existence to nonexistence. You are seeking the Lord and you belong to him. Nonexistence is a place of income; flee… — Rumi Copy Share Image
“Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. Cease being a prisoner… — Lahiri Mahasaya Copy Share Image
Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“This book is not anti-meditation. It just offers another set of ways into mindful awareness that may be more practical, useful, and… — Shea Matthew Fisher Copy Share Image
In meditation, healing can happen. When the mind is calm, alert and totally contented, then it is like a laser beam -… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Now, you just watch your attention. Where is it going? Watch yourself. As soon as you'll start watching yourself, your attention, you'll… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Never think you are alone even in most difficult and dark times. Devote that time in praying and meditation. God is always… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
Wisdom you don't get in colleges, schools, universities, nowhere. Where do you get it, the wisdom? You get it through your spirit,… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Someone maybe be able to meditate well, but if they can't manifest that meditation in just good common sense by loving and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As far as miracles are concerned, I'm not aware that I perform miracles. After many years and lifetimes of meditation, I am… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally 'just sitting.' More broadly it… — Kosho Uchiyama Copy Share Image
Generally we waste our lives, distracted from our true selves, in endless activity. Meditation is the way to bring us back to… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
A few moments of silence may be all the meditation we need at times. Our homes could have a little space for… — Thomas Moore Copy Share Image
In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I have always heard that uber-successful people who write books about how to become uber-successful all have one thing in common: They… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
If you allow people, places and things, to pass through your mind during meditation, you will pull in all those other auras… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I would play a long tone on my accordion, or I'd sing one, and I would note how it felt - what… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image