“No man need fear that by making himself rational he will make his life dull. On the contrary, since rationality consists in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Now focus on your cheeks, mouth and throat. Feel the areas and feel the cells under the skin slowing to a relaxed… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
“In Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness, Susan Smalley and Diana Winston argue that, “Learning to live mindfully does… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
How do you meditate? You meditate with an inner cry. There should be an inner cry here, in the heart. The outer… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
“The problem with the contemplative life was that there was no end to contemplation, no fixed time limit after which thought had… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, think of the Christ, who… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Meditation is an invitation to notice when we reach our limit and to not get carried away by hope and fear. Through… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Consciousness-Based Education is education that is in most ways exactly like regular education, but with the added technique of Transcendental Meditation. Transcendental… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“Access to information can be empowering. When it overwhelms us, constantly bombarding us with data, infobesity eventually estranges us from ourselves and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
Through repeated practice of the body scan over time, we come to grasp the reality of our body as whole in the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“The route of true happiness, the Buddha argued, was to achieve a visceral understanding of impermanence, which would take you off the… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
Before you speak, get very quiet, do the meditation, say, "Use me as a channel for what needs to get said to… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already. The ground… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
The ultimate meditation is: surrender to reality. The more you fight, the more you are in conflict with it, the more you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Meditation is oneness, when there is no longer time, sex, or country. The moment when, after you have concentrated on doing a… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Buddhas can take you to the boundary line of meditation and samadhi. That is the only difference between meditation and samadhi. If… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“So if we are feeling angry at someone, we sit and generate thoughts of loving-kindness towards him. We start by generating thoughts… — Ani Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
“Silence is not always complacency. It is contemplation and forethought taking place in the minds of those who would be careful with… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“This false “faith” which is what we often live by and which we even come to confuse with our “religion” is subjected… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
If you become very close to your teacher, if you do well in your meditation, a deep emotional bond will develop between… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am a trained hypnotherapist, yes, but it's more like a guided meditation. Most of the people I take under struggle with… — Tanit Phoenix Copy Share Image
We are slaves of what we don't know;of what we know we are masters.Whatever vice or weakness in ourselves we discoverand understand… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
“We have millions of ways to lose this precious time—we turn on the TV, or pick up the telephone, or start the… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“For a perfect yogī, there are eight kinds of superachievements: one can become lighter than air, one can become smaller than the… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
I love my life, and I love the people that I'm connected to and I love my family and I love what… — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it… — Emile Durkheim Copy Share Image
“I remember sitting and meditating beside a slow flowing river in India, and I got the feeling that this river could teach… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Zen is completely free from the fetters of old dogmas, dead creeds, and conventions of stereotyped past, that check the development of… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The whole point of meditation is not to follow the path laid down by thought to what it considers to be truth,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You may have the best vegetables, you may be the most capable cook, but, if the copper vessel in which you prepare… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
So it is not a matter of whether it is possible to attain Buddhahood, or if it is possible to make a… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Zazen is seated meditation-the opposite of contemplation-the emptying of the mind of all thoughts in order simply to be. In the midst… — Huineng Copy Share Image
Meditation is the art of living with yourself. It is nothing else than that, simply that: the art of being joyously alone.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Since beginners can only remain in contact with the object of observation for short periods, initially one should meditate in brief sessions… — Jeffrey Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Suppose you are in the desert, and you only have one glass of muddy water. You have to transform the muddy water… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You are transmitters. Everywhere you are sitting in meditation you are transmitting vibrations, do you know that ? At that time if… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
By observing natural scientific discoveries through a perception deepened by meditation, we can develop a new awareness of reality. This awareness could… — Albert Hofmann Copy Share Image
The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I meditate. Like probably a lot of people, my mind was opened almost ten years ago with The Secret. From there, I… — Graham Shiels Copy Share Image
