The next step in meditation is not just to focus, but to stop thought completely without having to focus; you gain a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is that dimension of science which focuses on creating the right kind of interior, so that you can live a peaceful… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
If I'm confused, I just spend some time looking at the sky and falling into it. It's not a meditation that anyone… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You will gain energy by meditating deeply, by speaking the truth, by learning to be still and by avoiding the crowd, most… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And for ego, to accept that you have ego is the only way and then it will drop out. If you know… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
There cannot be a new religion. Religion is a continuous living process within us which is our sustenance. It's like a ladder… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“The only Thought which Philosophy brings with it to the contemplation of History, is the simple conception of Reason; that Reason is… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
“What is it to succeed in yoga? Success in yoga means finding the smile buried deep beneath the pain and discomfort of… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“It is even beyond my belief to hold it abjectly. You express my thoughts and spread them by word of mouth. Then,… — Sarah Chergui Copy Share Image
“It's a kind of meditation, especially when you wake up before everyone else. And it gives my hands something to do while… — Gabriella Pierce Copy Share Image
I have a whole regimen to my day: my vocal warm-ups, my prayers, my meditations... I pray three times a day. I… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Use the head, use the heart, and if you can use both a tremendous revolution will happen. If you can use both… — Rajneesh 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
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
Think for a moment of the great agents and engines of our civilization, and then think what shadowy ideas they all once… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
As an individual learns and practices higher meditation techniques, a tremendous volume of energy and creativity flows through them. If they direct… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When your mind drifts away from one of the secret meditation techniques, do not become upset or frustrated. Gently move your mind… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A Zen student asked his roshi the most important element of Zen.The roshi replied, "Attention." "Yes, thank you," the student replied. "But… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
I wrote my sonic meditations and started using them with students. I took a bunch of UCSD students out to Joshua Tree… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
See here, how fresh is the air, there is the Ganga, and the Sadhus (holy men) are practising meditation, and holding lofty… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else. — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you're too busy, then you should sit for an hour. If… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
“The highest point reached by contemplative [anschauende] materialism, that is, materialism which does not comprehend sensuousness as practical activity, is the contemplation… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
You should always feel, no matter how many times you've meditated before, that this is your first meditation. You have no idea… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
During the age of Atlantis, the low population density and the resulting purity of the earth's aura, made conditions ideal for discovering… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
They wanted to preserve and protect the mystical knowledge gained from their meditation practices and pass it on to future civilizations they… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If you surrender yourself, and do not rush, but meditate on the Word of God, you will find prayer forming in your… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
Either you lead a life which is luxurious on the material level or you lead a luxurious life of God's blessings. One… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Everyone needs a reset button so you can start your day without anxiety. For some people, it's running; for some, it's going… — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
“Actually the best way to relieve your mental suffering is to sit in zazen, even in such a confused state of mind… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“mindful approach to any activity has three characteristics: the continuous creation of new categories; openness to new information; and an implicit awareness… — Ellen J. Langer Copy Share Image
Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never… — Vicente Aleixandre Copy Share Image
Most Kabbalists were theorists who were interested only in pure meditation. But there were so-called 'practical Kabbalists' who tried to apply the… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof, and Krishna consciousness and meditation… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Zen says: Remain true to your freedom. And then a totally different kind of being arises in you, which is very unexpected,… — OSHO Copy Share Image
If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Although work was, and still is, considered an important part of Osho's vision, in the last years of his life, he began… — Swami Anand Milarepa Copy Share Image
When doing archana (daily prayers) as a group, one person should chant the mantra and the others should repeat it. Mantras should… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image