--- title: "15 True Meditation Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 15 True Meditation quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best True Meditation sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/swami-paramananda-45498_fetters_true-meditation-gives-us-as-it-were-wing_2551154.png" --- > [True meditation gives us, as it were, wings for flight to a higher realm and thus detaches us from terrestrial fetters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-paramananda/true-meditation-gives-us-as-it-were-wings-for-flight-to-a-higher/) [Swami Paramananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-paramananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/swami-paramananda-45498_fetters_true-meditation-gives-us-as-it-were-wing_2551154.png) > [Meditation is earnest prayer, and when prayer progresses, it becomes true meditation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilchi-lee/meditation-is-earnest-prayer-and-when-prayer-progresses-it-becomes/) [Ilchi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilchi-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/ilchi-lee-1445_earnest_meditation-is-earnest-prayer-and-when-pr_2716525.png) > [True meditation is letting go of manipulating our experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/true-meditation-is-letting-go-of-manipulating-our-experience/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/adyashanti-1169_experience_true-meditation-is-letting-go-of-manipul_1057385.png) > [True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/true-meditation-has-no-direction-or-goal-it-is-pure-wordless/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/adyashanti-1169_goal_true-meditation-has-no-direction-or-goal_2798084.png) > [What is this true meditation? It is to make everything: coughing, swallowing, waving the arms, motion, stillness, words, action, the evil and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-is-this-true-meditation-it-is-to-make-everything-coughing/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/anonymous-1_action_what-is-this-true-meditation-it-is-to-ma_1328249.jpg) > [You as a salt-being, made of salt, go to fathom the depth of the ocean, and in the process you yourself dissolve.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dzigar-kongtrul-rinpoche/you-as-a-salt-being-made-of-salt-go-to-fathom-the-depth-of-the-ocean/) [Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dzigar-kongtrul-rinpoche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed1/dzigar-kongtrul-rinpoche-29662_depth_you-as-a-salt-being-made-of-salt-go-to-f_300564.png) > [True Meditation is the space in which everything gets revealed, everything gets seen, everything gets experienced. And as such, it lets go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/true-meditation-is-the-space-in-which-everything-gets-revealed/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/adyashanti-1169_inspirational_true-meditation-is-the-space-in-which-ev_2347499.png) > [In True Meditation, we're in the body as a means to transcend it. It is paradoxical that the greatest doorway to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/in-true-meditation-we-re-in-the-body-as-a-means-to-transcend-it-it-is-2/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/adyashanti-1169_body_in-true-meditation-we-re-in-the-body-as_1604084.png) > [Do you think that you can clear your mind by sitting constantly in silent meditation? This makes your mind narrow, not clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/do-you-think-that-you-can-clear-your-mind-by-sitting-constantly-in/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/545/laozi-147_adaptable_do-you-think-that-you-can-clear-your-min_452050.jpg) > [Real meditation we get from within or from a spiritual Master. We can never get it from books. From books we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/real-meditation-we-get-from-within-or-from-a-spiritual-master-we-can/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/sri-chinmoy-517_approach_real-meditation-we-get-from-within-or-fr_1019584.jpg) > [True meditation can never be done with the mind. Very often we make a mistake when we say that we are meditating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/true-meditation-can-never-be-done-with-the-mind-very-often-we-make-a/) [Sri Chinmoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-chinmoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/sri-chinmoy-517_aspiration_true-meditation-can-never-be-done-with-t_3201802.png) > [When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/when-we-dance-the-journey-itself-is-the-point-as-when-we-play-music/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/alan-watts-587_discovery_when-we-dance-the-journey-itself-is-the_1379979.jpg) > [Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it’s about letting go of control. This is meditation. Anything else is actually a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a-technique-it-s-about-letting-2/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/adyashanti-1169_concentration_real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a_1844469.png) > [“Meditation on the self is the highest form of true method-less meditation, for it brings self-awareness – which is beyond the everyday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/meditation-on-the-self-is-the-highest-form-of-true-method-less/) [Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cf/abhijit-naskar-99_advaita_meditation-on-the-self-is-the-highest-fo_517435.jpg) > [“instead of being aware of your thoughts, you’re aware that you’re aware of your thoughts. You have turned the light of consciousness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-a-singer/instead-of-being-aware-of-your-thoughts-you-re-aware-that-you-re/) [Michael A. Singer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-a-singer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/michael-a-singer-7009_focus_instead-of-being-aware-of-your-thoughts_386833.jpg) ## Top authors on True Meditation - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adyashanti-9662.jpg) Adyashanti 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-meditation/adyashanti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-meditation/#itemlist", "name": "True Meditation Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "True meditation gives us, as it were, wings for flight to a higher realm and thus detaches us from terrestrial fetters.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Paramananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-paramananda/true-meditation-gives-us-as-it-were-wings-for-flight-to-a-higher/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/swami-paramananda-45498_fetters_true-meditation-gives-us-as-it-were-wing_2551154.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/swami-paramananda-45498_fetters_true-meditation-gives-us-as-it-were-wing_2551154.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/swami-paramananda-45498_fetters_true-meditation-gives-us-as-it-were-wing_2551154.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“True meditation gives us, as it were, wings for flight to a higher realm and thus detaches us from…” — Swami Paramananda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Meditation is earnest prayer, and when prayer progresses, it becomes true meditation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ilchi Lee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilchi-lee/meditation-is-earnest-prayer-and-when-prayer-progresses-it-becomes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/ilchi-lee-1445_earnest_meditation-is-earnest-prayer-and-when-pr_2716525.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/ilchi-lee-1445_earnest_meditation-is-earnest-prayer-and-when-pr_2716525.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/ilchi-lee-1445_earnest_meditation-is-earnest-prayer-and-when-pr_2716525.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Meditation is earnest prayer, and when prayer progresses, it becomes true meditation.” — Ilchi Lee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "True meditation is letting go of manipulating our experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adyashanti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/true-meditation-is-letting-go-of-manipulating-our-experience/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/adyashanti-1169_experience_true-meditation-is-letting-go-of-manipul_1057385.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/adyashanti-1169_experience_true-meditation-is-letting-go-of-manipul_1057385.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c0/adyashanti-1169_experience_true-meditation-is-letting-go-of-manipul_1057385.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“True meditation is letting go of manipulating our experience.” — Adyashanti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "True meditation has no direction or goal. 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But in order to have true meditation we have to go deep within or follow the guidance of a spiritual Master.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sri Chinmoy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-chinmoy/real-meditation-we-get-from-within-or-from-a-spiritual-master-we-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/sri-chinmoy-517_approach_real-meditation-we-get-from-within-or-fr_1019584.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/sri-chinmoy-517_approach_real-meditation-we-get-from-within-or-fr_1019584.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/sri-chinmoy-517_approach_real-meditation-we-get-from-within-or-fr_1019584.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Real meditation we get from within or from a spiritual Master. We can never get it from books. 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Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Watts" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/when-we-dance-the-journey-itself-is-the-point-as-when-we-play-music/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/alan-watts-587_discovery_when-we-dance-the-journey-itself-is-the_1379979.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/alan-watts-587_discovery_when-we-dance-the-journey-itself-is-the_1379979.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/alan-watts-587_discovery_when-we-dance-the-journey-itself-is-the_1379979.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. 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