“Realizing that meditation is about defocusing, I saw that the next step was to simply choose to defocus the mind from the… — Richard L. Haight Copy Share Image
What meaning has such meditation? There is no meaning; there is no utility. But in that meditation there is a movement of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Contemplation is a very dangerous activity. It not only brings us face to face with God. It brings us, as well, face… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
“Meditation is a powerful spiritual practice that can alter your state of mind and change your life. On a spiritual level, regular… — Sarah Rowland Copy Share Image
Even Zen finally has to be transcended. Finally you have to become so meditative that you don⬢t need to meditate any more… — OSHO Copy Share Image
“Think and mull and ponder and chew until you see God the way they see God—namely, as precious and valuable and beautiful… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“Most people are meditating on what they like, or don’t like. Most people are meditating on how to be happy, how to… — Bodhisattva Shree Swami Premodaya Copy Share Image
“The postures are only the "skin" of yoga. Hidden behind them are the "flesh and blood" of breath control and mental techniques… — Georg Feuerstein Copy Share Image
I spend a few minutes in meditation and prayer each morning. I find that this really helps me to start the day… — Jim Henson Copy Share Image
“After a time, he felt a deeper rhythm, the rhythm of the stone and water, not the rhythm of his words and… — Katherine Addison 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
“No art takes places without inspiration. Every artist also needs effective knowledge of his or her tools (e.g., does a certain brush… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Presence is about how every action can arise from the quality, which we call awareness – the presence of our inner being,… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Healing is to be in the light of our own consciousness. Healing is an inner light, which exist as a natural radiance… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
We should be able to bring the practice of meditation hall into our daily lives. We need to discuss among ourselves how… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
. . .nature is still predominant, and there are those who regret that with the improvements of cultivation the sublimity of the… — Thomas Cole Copy Share Image
Any judgment is past oriented, and existence is always herenow, life is always herenow. All judgments are coming from your past experiences,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It would much conduce to the public benefit, if, instead of discouraging free-thinking, there was erected in the midst of this free… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
“So, you’re a beginner in meditation? Awesome! Welcome to the calm club. Think of meditation as a mental workout—no sweat, just serenity.… — Life is Positive Copy Share Image
Watchfulness is the path of immortality: Unwatchfulness is the path of death. Those who are watchful never die: Those who do not… — Juan Mascaro Copy Share Image
Here is my wish for you and every other child, woman, and man on the face of the earth: Spend one week… — Cheri Huber Copy Share Image
The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight...… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meditation practice is like piano scales, basketball drills, ballroom dance class. Practice requires discipline; it can be tedious; it is necessary. After… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
“you’ve learned to align your consciousness with your inner Watcher and perch there, observing your physical and emotional feelings. Just one step… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“Meditation is a state, often defined as deep dreamless sleep awake. But, in the same way that you cannot sleep on demand,… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
That's why we cannot love, because with the ego, love is impossible. That's why we go on talking so much about love,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Meditation is totally different. When you concentrate you close your mind to everything else. Meditation means just an openness, a relaxed openness.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
It often astonishes me that I did not see the importance of meditation upon Scripture earlier in my Christian life. As the… — George Muller 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
“Even though some of you may experience some peace when you sit in meditation, don’t be in a hurry to congratulate yourselves.… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
When I consider the multitude of associated forces which are diffused through nature - when I think of that calm balancing of… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
When someone is dancing madly in a blissful state, in ecstasy after meditation, he is creating vibrations around him. They may penetrate… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The light-minded and coarse of soul enjoy nothing spiritually. Even pious souls that lack recollection will never experience spiritual joys. Frivolity of… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
“The Abundant Chamber by Stewart Stafford Divest yourself of sword and coin, And burn all your illusions and airs, Let the cave… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
Meditation is about seeing clearly the body that we have, the mind that we have, the domestic situation that we have, the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“A teacher’s job is to see students’ potential before they can see it themselves; teachers need to have the faith and foresight… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The renaissance of interest in Eastern spiritual philosophies, various mystical traditions, meditation, ancient and aboriginal wisdom, as well as the widespread psychedelic… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Thoughts can create such a barrier that even if you are standing before a beautiful flower, you will not be able to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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