Absence Quote by Bokar Rinpoche

Thoughts naturally arise. The point of meditation is not to banish thoughts but to make peace with them by realizing their lack of substance.

— Dan Millman

When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.

— Ramana Maharshi

“The principal enemy of mindfulness—or of any meditative practice—is our deeply conditioned habit of being distracted by thoughts. The problem is not thoughts themselves…

— Sam Harris

“Meditation is generally an alternation between the feeling of bliss and the witnessing of a thought having a problem with the having of thoughts.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Meditation develops the capacity to question your mind. Without it, you are at the mercy of every thought, every desire, every wave of emotion.

— Geneen Roth

“It’s not that the negative thoughts and feelings don’t arise, but when you meditate regularly, they are allowed to just be there and then…

— Louise Watson

Meditation is humility - the absence of thought, doubt, and ego.

— Frederick Lenz

Meditation isn't necessarily this magical experience where we don't ever have thoughts.

— Gretchen Bleiler

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.

— Arianna Huffington

Meditation is a gift confined to unknown philosophers and cows. Others don't begin to think till they begin to talk or write.

— Finley Peter Dunne

Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or pure consciousness.

— Sivananda

Mind only thinks, meditation lives.

— Rajneesh