Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Whenever I sit with a bowl of soup before me, listening to the murmur that penetrates like the distant song of an… — Junichiro Tanizaki Copy Share Image
You must constantly check that you are meditating properly, and not become, what Clint Eastwood refers to as, "a legend in your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
One has to understand that we have to become a higher personality which is the spirit, which is the truth, which is… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“The ego mind is like a plant growing in a very small pot. While the pot may be attractive and ornate, its… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
Advanced meditation is facing the immensity of eternity, embracing that which terrifies you and frightens you and loving it because it's God.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have seen that there are a number of people who benefit from doing loving kindness meditation, either prior to or along… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Don’t think about your problems during your practice. Push them aside very gently. Take a break from all that worrying and planning.… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
What meaning do our lives have if we cannot set aside at least one hour a day out of 24 for thinking… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Yoga is more a state than a methodology. A state where there is nothing missing. You don't feel like you have to… — Colleen Saidman Copy Share Image
The chakras are specialized energy centers which connect us to the multidimensional universe. The chakras are dimensional portals within the subtle bodies… — Richard Gerber Copy Share Image
What are you to do? You are always to remember that you are the child of a Great Father. You must not… — Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Copy Share Image
“Artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self) and raudradhyan (wrathful contemplation that hurts the self and others) occur as long as one… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When we meditate, we are really trying to go beyond the mind. What I have found is that if I can get… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“The only difference between meditation and non meditation is that when we meditate we are not grasping anything or trying to do… — Norman Fischer Copy Share Image
“A strategy that some people use to develop a mindfulness habit is by tying it to an already existing behavior that is… — Shea Matthew Fisher Copy Share Image
When I sit with my students and meditate with them, I channel the kundalini directly into them. I bring them to plane… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“[When the negative mind is neutralized through meditation], the body is set free to do what nature designed it to do: repair… — José Silva Copy Share Image
Focus your attention on the center of your forehead. Visualize that there is a slow but steady swirl of white light there.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation is a practice that is considered mainstream: The NFL uses it, the NBA uses it, heart patients use it. It's very… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
One need not scale the heights of the heavens, nor travel along the highways of the world to find Ahura Mazda. With… — Zoroaster Copy Share Image
The training was rigorous, hundreds and thousands of hours of meditation, self-giving. But it was easy. I loved it. I would merge… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
A hot bath, time with a book, or five minutes of meditation helps tremendously with recharging and grounding us so we are… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
“If you keep on saying a single thing to yourself, you are likely to attract it to yourself, dreaming it always, then… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The quiet of the morning offers a perfect time to do a meditation and yoga practice. It also allows time to be… — Kandyse McClure Copy Share Image
Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing about who that is. It is about coming to realize that you are on… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
In contemplation and reverie, one thought introduces another perpetually; and it is by similarity, or the hooking of one upon the other,… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The Rig Veda defines yoga as a union or "yoking" of the material and spiritual worlds, and it doesn't describe any physical… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
When you have grown accustomed to sitting and meditating, try to stop your thoughts. That's the bottom line in meditative practice. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Meditation simply means entering into states of mind which are happiness, profound happiness, simple happiness, beautiful happiness, complicated, uncomplicated - There are… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
If you meditate, sooner or later you will come upon love. If you meditate deeply, sooner or later you will start feeling… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
There's no risk in doing a lousy meditation or not meditating at all. There's no risk in being convenient and comfortable. There's… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I think for me to do a traditional sitting meditation I would really have to spend a couple weeks working at it.… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others. — Milarepa Copy Share Image
“Dance resides within us all. Some find it when joy conquers sorrow, others express it through celebration of movements; and then there… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
Meditation is not emptiness. That is a way of trying to talk about something that is impossible to put into words. It… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image