It is not the number of books you read, nor the variety of sermons you hear, but it is the frequency and… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold, warm, whether… — Taisen Deshimaru Copy Share Image
Some women will spend thirty minutes to an hour preparing for church externally (putting on special clothes and makeup, etc.). What would… — Leonard Ravenhill Copy Share Image
I'm not religious, but I do pray. It's 60 seconds of meditation, visualizing myself, looking at myself, and being conscious of my… — RuPaul Copy Share Image
An important characteristic of calm abiding meditation is to let go of any goal and simply sit for the sake of sitting.… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
In meditation we get a sense of the countless selves within ourselves, the different forms they take. Those that don't seem positive… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Because of Christianity the West has missed many things, and one of them is meditation, the rarest flowering of a human being,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Don't read the sutras - practice meditation. Don't take up the broom - practice meditation. Don't plant tea seeds - practice meditation. — Ikkyu Copy Share Image
“If a person does five samayiks (introspective analysis by being as Self) he will say, ‘I did five’. This is how he… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness & Meditation help focus on the moment while at the same time knowing we cannot capture that moment, we are in… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
“Therefore it is to a practical mysticism that the practical man is here invited: to a training of his latent faculties, a… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
“The deeper he penetrates into this inner being, the more will he feel inclined to keep the development quite secret. It is… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
“Through discussions, reading, contemplation, and practice I've come to recognize the importance of subtle feelings and symbols. By paying attention to subtle… — Mark Ireland Copy Share Image
Chanting Hare Krishna is a type of meditation that can be practiced even if the mind is in turbulence. You can even… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
“Frank Jude Boccio, author of Mindfulness Yoga, to think about as he leaves the session: “We bitch about our difficulties along the… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
“Silence is a mirror. So faithful, and yet so unexpected, is the relection it can throw back at men that they will… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
So what I liked about Zen was that it never goes off into the realm of imagination land, or if it does… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“Our most powerful asset in life is the ability to make choices for ourselves. This freedom to choose, we must conquer fiercely,… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
The aggregates that we pick up in the human plane will be washed away, and we will become pure spirit, pure light,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Micro meditations should be performed with very little activity. These practices should not be associated with any goal, concept or belief.” — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Sahasrara is the throne for the Spirit and the bigger is the king, the bigger is the throne. The way you treat… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Meditation refreshes our mind and helps us let go of old patterns. We spend less time dwelling on the past or worrying… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Witness state is not a mental state, it is a state of a spiritual ascent where you become a witness. Best way… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
I feel like someone who's meditating could possibly benefit their meditation practice and their well-being just by sitting down and thinking about… — Moby Copy Share Image
Meditation is a refocusing on symbols. It's not emptiness. We are using symbols, doorways to step from one world to another, from… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
The most common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, "I'm so stressed out. I could use some… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way,… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I… — Flume Copy Share Image
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In meditation the mind stops, thought ceases. When thought stops, the world stops. When the world stops, perception stops. When perception stops,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I obtain my center by remembering to breathe when in a difficult situation. My daily routine includes prayer, workouts, and meditation. — Ruthie Foster Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Meditation is not about getting out of ourselves or achieving something better. It is about getting in touch with what you already… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Place your mind before the mirror of eternity! Place your soul in the brilliance of glory! And transform your entire being into… — Clare of Assisi Copy Share Image
As the kundalini energy increases, as the energy of the psyche becomes more pronounced, which it does as thought becomes eclipsed by… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In meditation you experience time slowing down because you can notice more things per discreet moment and you're more open... The word… — Richard Davidson Copy Share Image
The way advanced meditation is taught, the way I teach it, the way all enlightened people teach it, is through transference. We… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“There is an alternative to simply identifying with the next thought that pops into consciousness.” That alternative is mindfulness.” — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image