Divine service, being the high contemplation of the mind, is at the same time, and pre-eminently, the peace, the sweetness and blessedness… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Love means the art of being with others. Meditation means the art of being with yourself. Both are two aspects of the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In Zen you practice zazen, mindfulness and other forms of introspection to find out who you are and what you want, to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it.… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Within us lies the peace, the beauty, the glory of our being. There is an ocean of all that. We cannot seek… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
What Is Meditation? It is not musing, not daydreaming; but as ye find you bodies made up of the physical, mental and… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
Meditation is like taking a shower. You are going to wash all the dirt off that you have picked up since your… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter how long you're here for, or what accomplishments you have, it matters what you do with that time and… — Joel T. McGrath Copy Share Image
When we raise ourselves through meditation to what unites us with the spirit, we quicken something within us that is eternal and… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
“Our visions of courage are what poet Sarah Teasdale describes as “holy thoughts that star the night.” Meditation on Freedom Awakening Courage… — Judith Orloff Copy Share Image
One has to reach to the absolute state of awareness: that is Zen. You cannot do it every morning for a few… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Everything you think about is a meditation, and you could say that the very form of your consciousness follows what you put… — James Curcio Copy Share Image
One of the great sadnesses of modern life, because of our disenfranchisement and disillusionment with religion, is that we don't have access… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“Presence is about how every action can arise from the quality, which we call awareness – the presence of our inner being,… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“Meditation is not difficult in its concept and essence, but it can present challenges for some. One of the most common is… — liberty forrest Copy Share Image
“Zeena believes that the breaking of taboos creates access to blocked energy that is let loose in a forceful way. The left-hand… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
“Buddha was asked: “What have you gained from meditation?” He replied: “Nothing.” “However”, Buddha said, “let me tell you what I lost:… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Meditation is a sort of prayer and prayer is meditation. The highest meditation is to think of nothing. If you can remain… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When you meditate make sure you stay awake. If you are falling asleep get up and splash some water on yourself or… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Today, it is more important than ever to raise human consciousness, so that technology becomes a means of empowerment, not destruction. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Just as writing can become calligraphy when it's creatively, skillfully, and consciously performed, so can all other activities become art. In this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This sequence of intentionally engaging in present-moment awareness, becoming distracted, noticing your distraction, and then bringing your attention back to the present… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
I think it's becoming cool to have mental toughness or to meditate. It's a thing, but I don't think people really understand… — Jaylen Brown Copy Share Image
God realization and self-realization are one and the same. God-realization is nothing but the ability and expansiveness of heart to love everything… — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
Meditation had never been tried before in a medical center, so we had no idea whether mainstream Americans would accept a clinic… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“When we are authentic, when we act out of presence and awareness, it also gives nourishment to the inner being of people… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“In order to work with difficult outer circumstances, we need to gather our inner strength. If even ten or twenty minutes of… — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
When we exercise, it feels like we're really out there doing something, whereas spending a few minutes with your eyes closed in… — Dean Ornish Copy Share Image
If you start picking up other people's impressions while you are meditating, then instead of clearing yourself, you are just going to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I started Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
Love is the flowering of meditation. Meditation brings many treasures; perhaps love is the greatest roseflower that grows on the bush of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Water has memory. Depending on how you treat it, what kind of thoughts and emotions you generate, accordingly it behaves in your… — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
“The most widely studied mindfulness-based intervention is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (or MBSR), developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of the Center for Mindfulness… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
At the end of each meditation session, bow your head toward the ground. Give away your meditation to the universe. Whether you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's a horrible and wonderful battle with yourself, to stay calm, stay in the moment. My coach said, "Stay here, not at… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
“** Take up meditation. Set a timer for 15 minutes, close your eyes and focus on your breathing. When your mind wanders,… — S.J. Scott Copy Share Image
A critical part of Tantric Buddhism is a process of turning of the activities and experiences in your daily life into meditation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Melancholy betrays the world for the sake of knowledge. But in its tenacious self-absorption it embraces dead objects in its contemplation, in… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Even if you are focusing on a chakra, you don't want to do that for the whole period of meditation. There should… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
