One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen. For one minute, listen to the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
We are not really separate beings of light. That's a dream we are having, the dream of multiplicity. Meditation takes us beyond… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I do kabbalistic meditation. It's not unlike time travel; it can change the past and not just the future. You can look… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
“Your conscious repetitive thoughts and experiences create new neural pathways and remove the blockages of the 72000 Nadis and rewire your brain… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Through the practice of meditation, when the mind is quieted and the emotions are calmed, the Soul shines forth in all of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With a practice, we can always remain alive in the present moment. With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
That's the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“By emphasizing doubt rather than belief, perplexity rather than certainty, and questions rather than answers, Zen practice granted me the freedom to… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
The points or tips of the chakras, where they connect to the main power current, are called the roots or the hearts… — Barbara Brennan Copy Share Image
“In fact, being mindful during tasks that you usually may find boring or even unpleasant can transform those tasks into something more… — Shea Matthew Fisher Copy Share Image
“Something can be moving in one direction, smoothly, swiftly, something like a ball, or, oh, say, A LIFE, and then a bat… — Nick Lake Copy Share Image
“Hence the aim of meditation, in the context of Christian faith, is not to arrive at an objective and apparently 'scientific' knowledge… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking;… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
For me, wellbehaved books with neat plots and worked-out endings seem somewhat quaint in the face of the largely incoherent reality of… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“Set aside a specific time each day to meditate and tune into what your soul's wisdom has to share about the topic… — Laurie E. Smith Copy Share Image
Wisdom doesn't mean that you know how to argue things or you fight with people. No, it doesn't mean that. Wisdom means… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
The advanced student of meditation takes an active part in supporting the work of their teacher. They happily work more hours or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
I felt I should have been the happiest person in the world. But I looked inside, and that happiness was only on… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Religion exists not because of God or for God; it is because of marriage. Marriage creates so much misery that one has… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Learn to meditate, practice and don't get frustrated. It will take you years to learn to meditate perfectly. Every time you try,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When a person finds life hard, he needs motivation and inspiration; but if he finds life’s journey easy, then he needs meditation… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've tried to become a more emotionally intelligent person through therapy and meditation, but I can't control the fact that some of… — Lindsay Shookus Copy Share Image
With wrong farming methods, we turn fertile land into desert. Unless we go back to organic farming and save the soil, there… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
You don't meditate once and suddenly your life turns around. What it does is it lets you train your brain to be… — Goldie Hawn Copy Share Image
Now to understand the significance of chastity within us, we have to know that chastity is the foundation of all dharmas. Unless… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Satvajaya can decondition the mind so we can see things fresh, like with the eyes of a child. Satvajaya techniques rid us… — David Frawley Copy Share Image
“It was the study hour. Most of the monks were reading. A few were meditating, an activity that was suspiciously similar to… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
People who are drawn to meditation have had lots of incarnation in the world of experience, and we know the score. We… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As you sit in this light from week to week, you will transform and grow and develop. It washes away the samskaras,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When you start meditating on your ego, on your thoughts, on your mind, you are suddenly separate, because whatsoever you meditate on,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Some people meditate because they want to get the larger picture on life. It could get kind of discouraging if this was… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's helpful to remind yourself that meditation is about opening and relaxing with whatever arises, without picking and choosing. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Frustration is out of expectation; expectation is our projection. All kinds of love frustrate unless love is based in meditation. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The best anti-aging advice I've ever received? Drink a lot of water and have a plant-based diet. I also do mindful meditation… — Carolyn Murphy Copy Share Image
“Any time we find ourselves relying on the ideas of an absolute, frozen state of right and wrong—or fairness versus unfairness—that we… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
As we go deeper and deeper into the world of meditation, we are able to travel along the luminous bands, just like… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Some people are drawn to meditation without knowing why. Their inner being realizes that they've totally fouled up their life so far,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
