Diet is a matter of personal preference, but if you're interested in the advanced states of meditation, eating mammals should be avoided.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Everyone's mind wanders, without doubt, and we always have to start over. Everyone resists or dislikes the thought of or is too… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Stop trying to distinguish the joy of meditation from the messiness of life. Begin to see the divine in everything. She is… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
If you don't love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Once you touch a dimension which is boundless, the idea of time and space disappears. What is here is there; what is… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Tantra is only recommended for someone who has a very developed will power, a terrific sense of humor, and a sense that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have been sought out by a number of people who would have felt uncomfortable coming to a large public meditation. They… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When we let go of wanting something else to happen in this moment, we are taking a profound step toward being able… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
If you want to know what you are here to do, how you can be more loving, or how to get through… — James Van Praagh Copy Share Image
I started to meditate formally at about 18. I would sit on a mountaintop in Southern California around twilight and focus on… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The process could be likened to relaxing on a riverbank and watching a fish leap out of the water, sparkle for a… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Meditating is easier than most people think. Start by focusing and following your breath. The goal is not to eliminate thoughts entirely… — Lewis Howes Copy Share Image
“Thought exists only in words, or in images. Meditation demands the most extraordinary discipline – not the discipline of suppression and conformity… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The Witness is a huge step forward, and it is a necessary and important step in meditation, but it is not ultimate.… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
Mental purity will come through constant chanting of the divine name. This is the simplest way. You are trying to cross the… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
You can use meditation, and prayer, and ritual to foster compassion, love, and inclusiveness, or you can use them to foster hatred,… — Andrew B. Newberg Copy Share Image
I still practice Transcendental Meditation and I think it's great. Marharishi only ever did good for us, and although I have not… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
Concentration is not the approach towards God. Concentration is a mind approach. God is everywhere, so you have to relax, you have… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
So to overcome the problems of personality the best thing is to witness, practice witnessing everything: before talking, practice witnessing, before giving… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
I always hold out hope. Mediation is an opportunity for each side to present their case, and for us to get back… — Ron Weber Copy Share Image
If you're sitting in a monastery, where your schedule is set and you have very few uncontrolled variables, that's fantastic that you… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness helps us to focus on one goal at a time. It helps us to be more relaxed, patience and compassionate towards… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“Miss Brinklow, however, was not yet to be sidetracked. "What do the lamas do?" she continued. "They devote themselves, madam, to contemplation… — James Hilton Copy Share Image
Collaboration is far more powerful than competition. Do not think that only if you are pushed to the wall, you will do… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Our hearts are the shrine; that is where God should be installed. Our good thoughts are the flowers to worship Him. Good… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“When I get out of this hospital, you and I are going to sit down and have a very long chat, Susannah,… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into the deeper part of our being. At that time, we are able… — Sri Chinmoy Copy Share Image
I can spend years studying and being in therapy and having a very analytic spiritual meditation practice, but without the emotional component,… — Moby Copy Share Image
During zazen, brain and consciousness become pure. It's exactly like muddy water left to stand in a glass. Little by little, the… — Taisen Deshimaru Copy Share Image
You gain power through practicing meditation and concentration. You gain power by doing anything you like that makes you feel good. You… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The discovery of truth, by slow progressive meditation, is wisdom. - Intuition of truth, not preceded by perceptible meditation, is genius. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
All happiness is inside your own mind. Chances are, you have not discovered that. Meditation is about experiencing the happiness inside your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would recommend meditating. I think that's the single most important thing that I do. More than stretching, more than the way… — Jennifer Beals Copy Share Image
"I don't like it" or "I like it". This sentence must go away from your tongue. Likes and dislikes are only for… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is passive meditation. It is passive because your energy and your attention are divided between your actions and your practice, your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I recommended meditation to every person as a foundation for living healthier, being a more loving person, and leading a less stressful… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
