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Meditation Quotes by Sharon Salzberg
- Meditation has made me happy, loving, and peaceful-but not every single moment of the day. I still have good times and bad, joy and sorrow.…
- Its never too late to take a moment to look.
- With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others.
- Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training…
- Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress…
- We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That's a fact but one we fight.
- Let the breath lead the way.
- To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love.
- With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire.
- Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening…
- Each of us has a genuine capacity for love, forgiveness, wisdom and compassion. Meditation awakens these qualities so that we can discover for ourselves the…
- Meditation isn’t about what’s happening; it’s about how you relate to what’s happening.
- Meditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging them.
- Training our mind through meditation does not mean forcibly subjugating it or beating it into shape.
- By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home.
- As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.
- Meditation is not a matter of trying to stop thinking or make your mind go blank but rather to realize when your attention is wandering…
- Dedicating some time to meditation is a meaningful expression of caring for yourself that can help you move through the mire of feeling unworthy of…
- There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you.
- I call myself a meditation teacher rather than a spiritual teacher.
- I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.
- My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.
- The meditation traditions I started and have continued practicing have all emphasized inclusivity: anyone can do this who is interested.
- What you learn about pain in formal meditation can help you relate to it in your daily life.
- I've always said that lovingkindness and compassion are inevitably woven throughout meditation practice even if the words are never used or implied, no matter what…
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- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. — Marcus Aurelius
- We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in… — Teresa of Avila
- No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. — Walter Bagehot
- Meditation state is a place of deep relaxation where you can pinpoint the things you do and to set a paradigm switch… — Roseanne Barr
- Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Josh Billings
- I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles. — Russell Brand
- When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your… — David Brainerd
- We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation… — Pearl S. Buck
- The mind is more powerful than anything. So, during the birth I wasn't thinking about the pain. I was in a meditation… — Gisele Bundchen