Alternative medicine Quote by David Frawley

Meditation may also be thought of as a technique by which we diminish the force of old thought habits and develop new ones.

— Dalai Lama

Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses.

— Daniel Goleman

The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.

— Dalai Lama

Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said is that…

— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

We have to be careful not to think that meditation is about getting rid of thoughts. On the contrary, I would say that meditation…

— Martine Batchelor

Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is…

— Pema Chodron

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

Meditation helps sharpen the mind.

— Bob Christo

Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

— Deepak Chopra

Meditation teaches us to focus and to pay clear attention to our experiences and responses as they arise, and to observe them without judging…

— Sharon Salzberg

There are many different techniques and forms of meditation. The common element among these techniques is that the person takes time out from the…

— Tim McCarthy

Mind is something unnatural; it never becomes your natural state. But meditation is a natural state - which we have lost.

— Rajneesh