To practice Zen means to realize one's existence in the beauty and clarity of this present moment, rather than letting life unravel… — John Daishin Buksbazen Copy Share Image
One of the main discoveries of meditation is seeing how we continually run away from the present moment, how we avoid being… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment,… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Everything is dependent on your ability to stop thoughts. The longer you can stop your thoughts in meditation, the faster you will… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Dance is active meditation. When we dance, we go beyond thought, beyond mind and beyond our individuality to become one in the… — Goa Gil Copy Share Image
“To be mindful entails examining the path we are traveling & making choices that alleviate suffering & bring happiness to ourselves & those around us.” — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
The whole existence is a temple...the trees are continously in worship, the clouds are in prayer and the mountains are in meditation. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Before examining this more carefully and investigating its consequences, I want to dwell for a moment in the contemplation of God, to… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
Consequently, Christian meditation is entirely trinitarian and at the same time entirely human. In order to find God, no one need reject… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental technique. You're given a mantra… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
The primary object of meditation is to not become overly attached to any particular thoughts that may come into to the mind.… — Tim McCarthy Copy Share Image
For years and years you enter into samadhi every day in order to attain liberation. Eternity fashions a new self which you… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If we confine ourselves to a general and distant reflection on the ills of human life, that can have no effect to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Take for instance a man driven to incessant work by a sense of deep insecurity and loneliness; or another one driven by… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“All great myths and stories follow a similar pattern. The hero gets distracted and questions his power. He struggles and flounders until… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
The place that you gain the most power is within your own mind. Stopping thought generates power. That is why people meditate.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
First of all, learn to laugh at yourself. That's the best way to enjoy yourself, you know, and not to spend much… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Punk rock meditation, that's what keeps it going. That's how I let go, you know. It's exactly what I do, I blast… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
We've got at least two other streams of that are filled with good, helpful material on meditation - the Catholic stream and… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Math, like meditation, puts you in direct contact with the universe, which is bigger than you, was here before you, and will… — Jordan Ellenberg Copy Share Image
As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings and fits of emotion begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
In practicing meditation, we're not trying to live up to some kind of ideal -- quite the opposite. We're just being with… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“Practicing mindfulness means monitoring, in real time, your experience, and doing so in a nonjudgmental way (Kabat-Zinn, 1994).” — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
People are scared to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don't realize is that… — Huangbo Xiyun Copy Share Image
A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion—but working with it, seeing it from the… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
True Meditation is the space in which everything gets revealed, everything gets seen, everything gets experienced. And as such, it lets go… — Adyashanti 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
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
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
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
“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
“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
