Meditation Quotes · Page 39

The great thing about meditation is that I don’t ask for anything. Whereas when I pray I always ask for things!

— Rick Springfield

In our prayer and meditation we hope for fulfilling ordinary life.

— Thomas Moore

Contemplation places us in a purity and radiance which is far above our understanding.

— John of Ruysbroeck

Love should be pure. If you have love for someone you won't see bad points of the other person, never.

— Nirmala Srivastava

To be spiritual means to be an emperor within yourself. This is the only way to be.

— Jaggi Vasudev

“With mindfulness there is more to unlearn than there is to learn.”

— Michael H. Brooks

As you meditate, you will discover, pleasantly, that you too can see beyond this life, that you can see your eternality.

— Frederick Lenz

“We live life passively whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Whispering wind, a quiet breath exhaled across years of tiny, fragments of light. Glowing in the breeze, like silent fireworks, accentuating my…

— Susan L. Marshall

Kundalini is your Mother. She has been with you for ages and She has been waiting for this day when you could…

— Nirmala Srivastava

Meditation should be the foremost technology of the 21st century; the technology of reprogramming the non-spatial universal computer.

— Kedar Joshi

Meditation is coming back to your original self, if we can use self without a sense of self. It's perfect, clear light,…

— Frederick Lenz

“The only place healing can occur, wisdom can be realized, compassion can be extended, and peace can be experienced, is the present…

— Darren Main

“Whether your awareness is focused on your own emotions and perceptions or directed toward the preferences, needs, and feelings of others, being…

— Susan C. Young

Having once aroused in our mind enough faith in our own will-power to create a universe of contemplation and forget everything else,…

— John Cowper Powys

“A blanket can be a meditation device. If the blanket is white, and you stare at it, you can blank out your…

— Jarod Kintz

When I was working at Omega, I took this Zen retreat, where you're quiet, you don't say anything for a week, and…

— Larkin Grimm

The master is within; meditation is meant to remove the ignorant idea that he is only outside. If he is a stranger…

— Ramana Maharshi

Over time, years of meditation gave me glimpses of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all life. I experienced that on one level…

— Dean Ornish

My meditation techniques ARE dangerous. In fact there cannot be any meditation techniques which are not dangerous. If they are not dangerous,…

— Rajneesh

The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without…

— Sakyong Mipham

Relationship is the mirror: see your face there. Always remember relationship is the mirror. If your meditation is going deep, your relationship…

— Rajneesh

“I was tired in the evening yesterday. I felt drained by the last days outer conflicts. I felt separated from life. Suddenly…

— Swami Dhyan Giten

We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to…

— Chogyam Trungpa

“A spiritual man is happy with the whole existence. He says "yes" to the whole existence.”

— Swami Dhyan Giten

Meditation has changed so many aspects of my health that when I don't do it, I feel awful.

— Beth Behrs

Meditation takes time and dedication, but, for me, it's actually just about closing your eyes and being in that moment.

— Hannah Peel

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.

— Gabriel Marcel

The relationship between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala fundamentally changes with meditation.

— Jim Yong Kim

All great art contains at its center contemplation, a dynamic contemplation.

— Susan Sontag

Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself.

— D.T. Suzuki

Surrendering means cleansing yourself completely, getting completely detached. Detachment is the only way you can rise.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Fools only crib about what they do not have. They do not count their blessings.

— Shri Radhe Maa

There are few things more pleasing than the contemplation of order and useful arrangement.

— Anonymous

Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.

— Sharon Salzberg

“The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.”

— David Hume

It's a crazy world, so I meditate for 20 minutes. I also meditate for 20 minutes before a concert.

— Clarence Clemons

“Learning to treat ourselves lovingly may at first feel like a dangerous experiment.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“You can see your thoughts and emotions arise & create space for them even if they are uncomfortable.”

— Sharon Salzberg

Morning meditation is important to start every day on a positive note.

— Susan Burton