While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a… — Mark Epstein Copy Share Image
Sometimes, sitting there on the cushion failing to watch your breath, it can feel like you’re the only weirdo weird enough to… — Jay Michaelson Copy Share Image
We can actually accelerate the process through meditation, through the ability to find stillness through loving actions, through compassion and sharing, through… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
The first thing I do after I wake up is a morning meditation. It's just as I awake and before I open… — Tony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“When we develop the heart chakra, we begin to influence the surroundings with our spiritual presence. When we develop the communication chakra,… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
Integrated meditation practice is like a healthy diet which is indispensable for maintaining your vitality and resistance to disease. Likewise, a balanced… — B. Alan Wallace Copy Share Image
“Indeed, we all know that the man who attentively contemplates a thing, who wants to see it as it is without changing… — Alexandre Kojeve Copy Share Image
“He sees the truth as with a jolt. There it is, within his own being, lying deep down but still in his… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
This is what meditation is all about, just becoming a watcher. Failure comes, success comes, you are praised, you are condemned, you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Quietistic meditation is easier, naturally, but a person who practices it will turn out to be just as insecure and petty as… — Thomas Hoover Copy Share Image
We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He who does not meditate acts as one who never looks into the mirror and so does not bother to put himself… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“To believe happiness-misery in circumstances is artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self). One becomes unhappy when he loses what he likes… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
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“we assert that in all mammals the center of primal, constructive consciousness and activity lies in the middle front of the abdomen,… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The door of entry into this castle is prayer and meditation. If a person does not realize Whom he is addressing, and… — Padma Aon Prakasha Copy Share Image
It would much conduce to the public benefit, if, instead of discouraging free-thinking, there was erected in the midst of this free… — George Berkeley Copy Share Image
“[THE DAILY BREATH] What do you do when you've made mistakes and you can't wash away by yourself the guilt you now… — Dragos Bratasanu Copy Share Image
One wonders that there can be found a man courageous enough to occupy the post. It is a matter of meditation. Having… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“It is not necessary that you should compare yourself with others, or imagine yourself greater or higher than them. In fact, such… — Yogi Ramacharaka Copy Share Image
When we don't nourish ourselves with fresh, healthy food, restful sleep, regular exercise, a daily spiritual practice such as meditation or journaling,… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
True art means if it helps you to become silent, still, joyous; if it gives you a celebration, if it makes you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“I am not like any of them. I am disillusioned with spirituality. I am far too well-read to devote myself to a… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
“Techniques Phase 1 Night is the time to practice this technique, as you will require deep, undisturbed concentration, and the airways are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At times, Zen does get into some Buddhist Cosmology. Nishijima Roshi, my main teacher would talk about that and almost every time… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
“Meditation is when you sit down, let's say that, and don't do anything. Poetry is when you get up and do something.… — Norman Fischer Copy Share Image
“There are two types of empathy: the positive empathy and the negative empathy. When we are fully carried away by the unaware… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
As you are now you are just a liquid phenomenon, changing every moment, nothing stable. Really you cannot claim any "I" --… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“The law of karma is like the wind—blowing on all. Whether you are good or evil, bright or dim, kind or unkind,… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“Once you get the hang of it, the practice can create just enough space in your head so that when you get… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
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People talk of peace, "We should have peace" - how can you have peace? It's not possible, is an impossible situation. You… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Meditation means getting out of the mind, looking at the mind from the outside. That's exactly the meaning of the word 'ecstasy':… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Root chakra: “I am secure, steady, and strong. I am centered.” Sacral chakra: “I experience my feelings and emotions, and express intimacy.… — Julie T. Lusk Copy Share Image
“Whether it is in your work, or your relationships, or your food choices, or your interaction with any part of nature, or… — Evita Ochel Copy Share Image
One has to know what is the ultimate goal of our life. The ultimate goal of our evolution is to become the… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“I grow into these mountains like a moss. I am bewitched. The blinding snow peaks and the clarion air, the sound of… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
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