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
For me, meditation's hard because I feel like I have developed 'cultural attention-deficit disorder,' where, because we have so much stimulation, I… — Shawn Achor Copy Share Image
I do many kinds of work, and if you forbid me from binding books, from gardening, from writing poetry, from practicing walking… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Knowing is a veneer out minds create and lay over the landscape like a painter's drop cloth set upon a forest floor.… — Greg Kramer Copy Share Image
It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When you stand in the present, you become thoughtlessly aware. And this state is the first state you achieve, and this is… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
You have to put aside your ideology. Howsoever beautiful it looks, howsoever systematic it looks, howsoever philosophical you have made and decorated… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I teach contentment. And the basic principle of contentment is to drop your ego. Don't think for a single moment, "To be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To a yogi, the breath is the anchor that keeps the mind in the eternal now. Just as an anchored boat still… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
The very essence of meditation is to be so silent that there is no stirring of thoughts in you, that words don't… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Zen has been called the "religion before religion," which is to say that anyone can practice, including those committed to another faith.… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
Inward spiritual practices such as meditation, breathing techniques and self-analysis generate insights and enhance abilities, but none are so useful as learning… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
You might wish to try Kali's mantra. Kali is another celestial being. She offers very fast spiritual progress through intensity. Her mantra… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I know not that there is anything in nature more soothing to the mind than the contemplation of the moon, sailing, like… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
“I would call that man a born artist whose soul nature has from the very beginning endowed with an ideal, and for… — Hans von Marées Copy Share Image
Walk, but make walking a meditation; walk knowingly Breathe, but let your breathing become a constant meditation; breathe knowingly. The breath going… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness is about being completely present in the moment, fully aware of yourself and your surroundings. It’s helpful to think of the… — Brad Stulberg Copy Share Image
Objective art is just the opposite. The man has nothing to throw, he is utterly empty, absolutely clean. Out of this silence,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Let the light shine into your Soul and teach you the ancient teachings of the Master within. Awaken to your purpose. Why… — Ulonda Faye Copy Share Image
Many times - especially when I'm playing an historical character - I want to be really on target with how I create… — Giancarlo Esposito Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to realize the power of reflection, the kind that comes only from contemplation. Synchronizing ourselves with the awe-inspiring environment around… — Kayla Severson Copy Share Image
Everything that is of authentic value in life has arisen out of meditation. There is no other way. Meditation is the mother… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Zen is more so an attitude than simply a belief. Zen is feeling at peace and becoming one with an entity other… — Alexis G. Roldan Copy Share Image
For the ordinary man, whose mind is a checkerboard of crisscrossing reflections, opinions, and prejudices, bare attention is virtually impossible; his life… — Philip Kapleau Copy Share Image
As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
“I'm starting to think paradise isn't eternal contentment. It's more like there's something eternal about feeling contented. There's no such thing as… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Here, monks, a monk goes to the forest, to the foot of a tree, or to an empty place, sits down, folds… — John Yates Copy Share Image
“I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasure of gold and gems as so… — Siddhārtha Gautama Copy Share Image
“So if meditation did liberate you from obedience to these feelings, it would be, in a certain sense, dispelling an illusion—the illusion… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“In the mango grove, shade poured into his black eyes, when playing as a boy, when his mother sang, when the sacred… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
How to get rid of the greed is the point and to get rid of the greed is that if I buy… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, in a summer morning, having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Man is distinguished from the brute animals in proportion as thought prevails over sense: but in the healthy processes of the mind,… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Activities such as chanting, bowing, and sitting in zazen are not at all wasted, even when done merely formally, for even this… — Francis Harold Cook Copy Share Image
This is a donut. It is very sweet, and very good. But if you've never tasted a donut, you wouldn't really know… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Through intense deep meditation you reach a state that is beyond thought, beyond change, beyond imagination, beyond differences and duality. Once you… — Swami Muktananda Copy Share Image
An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating;… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
There are so many things that can provide us with peace. Next time you take a shower or a bath, I suggest… — Nhat Hanh 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
