There is pleasure And there is bliss. Forgo the first to possess the second. If you are happy At the expense of… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Start meditating with your eyes open, focusing as a warm-up, then focus on a chakra, then just let go and merge. Don't… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation has become an ingrained part of my everyday life that helps me feel so much more centered, patient and compassionate. It… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
Nirvikalpa Samadhi means that you've gone off the board; you've gone off the map. There is no way to describe it. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Your innocence itself is a power and your innocence will definitely give you that wisdom by which you can solve all the… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
People focus on things that vibrate very slowly during meditation and because they are so open they make themselves really sick, psychically. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“You are the Golden Witnessing Screen. Meditation is the effortless effort to keep that screen clean, clear and perfect. - Sri Amit… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“It is important to understand that, according to Kashmir Shaivism, this analysis of all phenomena into thirty six tattvas is not an… — Balajinnatha Pandita Copy Share Image
“To believe happiness-misery in circumstances is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self). One becomes unhappy when he loses what he likes… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The door of entry into this castle is prayer and meditation. If a person does not realize Whom he is addressing, and… — Padma Aon Prakasha Copy Share Image
“we assert that in all mammals the center of primal, constructive consciousness and activity lies in the middle front of the abdomen,… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“How is it that artists keep their powers of perception even in the days when life darkens?" he asked himself. Thinking about… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
If we dedicate a certain amount of time each day to cultivating compassion or any other positive quality, we are likely to… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
We are sick with fascination for the useful tools of names and numbers, of symbols, signs, conceptions and ideas. Meditation is therefore… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“While the bodies of young children are usually relaxed and flexible, if experiences of fear are continuous over the years, chronic tightening… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever… — T. Scott McLeod Copy Share Image
There are many other chakras, or nadis as they are also called. There are chakras in the hands, fingertips, feet and a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Transcendental Meditation is a mental technique, so you travel to this field through subtler levels of mind, and then subtler levels of… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
To keep my head healthy, [I'm] trying to meditate every morning, which is something I'm sort of getting into more, realizing that… — Erin Richards Copy Share Image
Meditation is a great way to stay centered and I think inversions are great for aging. Specifically, I think the Kundalini yoga… — Miranda Kerr Copy Share Image
There are those who want to revolutionize the world with meditation. I really don't think that is necessary. The world is already… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Books. The reading, writing and cultivation of books is my form of meditation. The books in my life have brought me closest… — Casey Carter Copy Share Image
Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day one should meditate on being carried away by surging waves, falling from… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
“One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Another of the things I started to do during this time was what Buddhists normally call "meditation" or, in Christian terms, "contemplative… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
In Zen there is a sense of blending, of stepping out of your body and mind and gaining access to powers and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is meditation. But better still is surrender of attachment to results, because… — Bhagavad Gita Copy Share Image
“Plato offers the amazing idea that contemplation of the way things really are is, in itself, a purifying process that can bring… — Jennifer Michael Hecht Copy Share Image
“Like meditation, psychotherapy has the potential to reveal how much of our thinking is an artificial construaction designed to help us cope… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation. The… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
I find the training of the mind that Zen puts people through is by far to me, the most interesting, one of… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“Being mindful means that we suspend judgment for a time, set aside our immediate goals for the future, and take in the… — J. Mark G. Williams Copy Share Image
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
A Zen master is someone whose life is one with enlightenment and self-discovery. They can never be separated from that. They've been… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The end goal of meditation is to do whatever helps slow your mind down, in order to achieve a peaceful, positive state… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
The interesting thing that happens for many people when they first start meditating is that they'll be doing it for a few… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“Sadhana means the practice to closest to the GOD (Baba) and a Shivir means an environment in which the sadhakas get the… — shailendra kumar Lal Copy Share Image
“In enlightenment, the seer and the seen disappear. Or, more accurately, are seen through as illusions. In reality, they were never there,… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image