“Most people spend years trying to feng shui their lives—to decorate and reorganize life in such a way that order and peace… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
The man who has struggled bravely with the passions of the body, has fought ably against unclean spirits, and has expelled from… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
Knowledge builds on the past and has its place. Wisdom is beyond time. It's the direct perception of reality as it is.… — H. E Davey Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness works out your brain and builds ‘thinking roads’ that enable you to be less fearful of the future and the now,… — Patrizia Collard Copy Share Image
“It has been said that the body is the temple of the spirit and the mind is the altar within that temple.… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Zen holds that the faith must be based not on the dead Scriptures, but on living facts, that one must turn over… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“He lived within himself, nourished by his own substance, like some torpid creature which hibernates in caves. Solitude had reacted upon his… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
I have done a fair bit of meditation practice, but I think through climbing it's definitely an easier way for me to… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
“In each moment, things simply are as they are, whether “I” like it or not. That understanding is not something to be… — Robert Saltzman Copy Share Image
“In meditation, states of deep focus and concentration are developed, leading to deeper levels of contemplation. With greater peacefulness and heightened awareness,… — Todd Perelmuter Copy Share Image
These seven centers, these seven chakras Yoga and Tantra have talked about down the ages, are nothing but five knots in your… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“When I pursued an education in healing in the USA in 1984, I was told that I had the capacity to become… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Long before reaching this kind of stability in meditation, however, one can discover that the sense of self—the sense that there is… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“At the alpha level, your imagination acts powerfully on your subconsciousness mind and therefore your imaginings are powerfully effective in producing the… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
I do feel that a poem needs not just space, but, ideally, space around that space - space for meditation, reverie, subliminal… — Michael Longley Copy Share Image
“The so-called yogīs who concentrate their mind or meditate upon the impersonal or void are described here. This verse of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam describes… — A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda Copy Share Image
Objects must cease, mind must become just a pure mirror - a mirroring, not mirroring anything - just a mirror without any… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Now you are on the Buddhist way. Keep up your meditation, as there is no instant illumination. The mind moves slowly into… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
If you want to make a decision in life on what to do, but if you're trying systematically, through spiritual practice, through… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
What it felt to me was like the dissolution of my idea of myself. I felt like separateness evaporated. I felt this… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Zen wants us to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Where no interest is takes in science, literature and liberal pursuits, mere facts and insignificant criticisms necessarily become the themes of discourse;… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Since the real purpose of meditation is to increase our capacity to help others, taking time each day to meditate is not… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Every morning during meditation, I prepare myself for the whole day's struggle. Holy Communion assures me that I will win the victory;… — Mary Faustina Kowalska Copy Share Image
The very aim of meditation is firstly subjugation of the mind, so that it can no longer be an obstacle to a… — Mouni Sadhu Copy Share Image
“As we have seen, prayer, celebration of the religious offices, alms, consoling the afflicted, the cultivation of a little piece of ground,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“No matter how fierce was the passion that gripped him, the fact is he was paralyzed, transfixed by the contemplation of his… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
Children, pray for the good of everyone. We should pray to God to give a good mind even to those who harm… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Think and mull and ponder and chew until you see God the way they see God—namely, as precious and valuable and beautiful… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Clean hearts and healthful food, exercise, early sleep and fresh air, wholesome recreation and meditation combined with optimism that comes from fighting… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the despairing men, that it did not really matter what we… — Viktor Frankl Copy Share Image
There are six senses: five are outer; they tell you about the world. I say something about the light; without eyes you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“And there is something degraded and degrading about many of our habits of attention as we shop, gossip, argue, and ruminate our… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“The advantages of developing absorption concentration are not only that it provides a stable and receptive state of mind for the practice… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“Meditation,” said his teacher, “hasn’t got a damn thing to do with anything, ‘cause all it has to do with is nothing.… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Viktor Frankl's timeless formula for survival. One of the classic psychiatric texts of our time, Man's Search for Meaning is a meditation… — Patricia J. Williams Copy Share Image
When you are in deep meditation, you feel a great serenity, a joy that is unknown to you, a watchfulness that is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Other than the substantial physiological impact of prayer/meditation, there is another much simpler mind-body intervention that helps all religious and spiritual individuals… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
