That's what you need for your writing - to learn how to be present, learn how to be calm. So take that… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I would say it's like a meditative process, to have everything done for you every morning. — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
The logical and extralogical exercises you do in meditation are very similar to advanced systems analysis and programming. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“When we are willing to explore our own experiences, we open the doorway to deeper connection and intimacy.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust. — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Meditation is a universal practice, and our breath is a universal language.” — Heidi M. Morrison (Heidi Morrison Teachings Copy Share Image
Skill in concentrating and steadying the mind is the basis for all types of meditation. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“us. The good of contemplation is contemplation—not some result that it may bring.” — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“An interesting practice that combines mindfulness and refraining is just to notice your physical movements when you feel uncomfortable.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Outwardly one's life may suffer every kind of limitation, from bodily paralysis to miserable surroundings, but inwardly it is free in meditation… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
Spiritual dignity says that I don't have to compete with anyone; I don't have to do what my friends do. All I… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Vipassana: looking into something with clarity and precision, seeing each component as distinct, piercing all the way through so as to perceive… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
Realisation is nothing new to be acquired. It is already there, but obstructed by a screen of thoughts. All our attempts are… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
In Zen we study the will. We learn how to cultivate it, to accumulate will. We use it to direct our actions,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Someone maybe be able to meditate well, but if they can't manifest that meditation in just good common sense by loving and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Wisdom you don't get in colleges, schools, universities, nowhere. Where do you get it, the wisdom? You get it through your spirit,… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“However, in this technique, because your eyes are open and because the gaze in not a tight gaze and because the whole… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Daily meditation keeps me sane. I memorize prayers or poems that express my highest spiritual ideals, and quietly, word for word, go… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
“The act of contemplation and what contemplates—to return to our own terminology—are essentially one with the pure Act, pure Being. On the… — Leo Schaya Copy Share Image
“To deepen his meditation practice, Mr. Keledjian took a 10-day retreat of guided meditation in complete silence at the Southwest Vipassana Meditation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Regard the heart as a vast field. Use the mind as a plough. Treat the gunas (qualities) as bullocks. Use the intelligence… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“While Eastern meditation tries to get people to empty their minds, biblical meditation focuses on our filling our minds—and our mouths—with the… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
“If we can unify the apparent duality between the great uncontrollable energy and the natural wisdom of our monkey mind, if we… — Oeset Drakir Copy Share Image
When one devotes oneself to meditation, mental burdens, unnecessary worries, and wandering thoughts drop off one by one; life seems to run… — Nyogen Senzaki Copy Share Image