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Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

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At the beginning of every winter people are careful to install storm windows. These extra panes of glass protect their houses against…
Human relationships are the perfect tool for sanding away our rough edges and getting at the core of divinity within us.
Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting agitated or…
Eventually, meditation will make our mind calm, clear, and as concentrated as a laser which we can focus at will. This capacity…
As meditation deepens, compulsions, cravings and fits of emotion begin to lose their power to dictate our behavior. We see clearly that…
As we get deeper, we move closer and closer to other people; we feel closer to life as a whole.
The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we…
The things we think about, brood on, dwell on, and exult over influence our life in a thousand ways. When we can…
Nothing really worth having comes quickly and easily. If it did, I doubt that we would ever grow.
A calm mind releases the most precious capacity a human being can have: the capacity to turn anger into compassion, fear into…
Don't think the purpose of meditation is to go deep into consciousness, wrap a blanket around yourself, and say, 'How cozy! I'm…
God made the senses turn outwards, man therefore looks outwards, not into himself. But occasionally a daring soul, desiring immortality, has looked…

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Let us not be blind to our differences-but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by… — John F. Kennedy
So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to… — John F. Kennedy
Marriage is for committed lovers, not hostages. Marriage is a sacred relationship created for two people who complete each other spiritually. While… — Rob Jackson
In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing… — Herman Kahn
Almost anything that you pay close, direct attention to becomes interesting. — David Foster Wallace
The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect… — Christian Nestell Bovee
The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave. — Christian Nestell Bovee
In a world where discovery is more important than delivery, it's the people who find, remix and direct attention to old stuff… — Joichi Ito
God's command to have dominion over every living thing is a call to service, a test of responsibility, a rule of love,… — Hugh Nibley
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose. — Eknath Easwaran
Sunday is a special day to give direct attention to God.But it doesn't stop there.Don't forget the other day!!! — Mariane Corbito

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