Quotes About Contemplation

Even at her worst she made you think, and that's worth something in a person.

Tko nije nau?io gledati nebo u potoku, ne zna što su ribe na drve?u.

Watching the moon at dawn, solitary, mid-sky, I knew myself completely, no part left out.

The purpose of meditation is not so much changing what we see as changing the way we see it.

deliberation cannot be merely an extension of sense, for we are capable of being attracted by non-sensible objects like knowledge and justice. Still

Then she said, "Life sure give a body plenty to think about in this world." I said, "Life give your brain plenty to think bout in this world. It's Love what give your body plenty to think bout.

Never forget that you must die; that death will come sooner than you expect... God has written the letters of death upon your hands. In the inside of your hands you will see the letters M.M. It means "Memento Mori" — remember you must die.

Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.

Mindfulness could also be described as "heartfulness" because it is really about a compassionate awareness.

Is your speaking an improvement on silence?

Spotted Park Bench I am a park bench. Ordinary words cannot express my thoughts on birds.

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita…. "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.

Ian sat and listened in the studio, headphones around his neck, staring at the floor. That was his heart they'd just heard.

One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world.

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.

The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, "I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away." To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: "If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it." This

I should've been a nun, he says, half aloud, as his feet leave the ledge.

I've let it remain as it was to see what it is.

I hope to turn my reader into the quiet person in the corner who, even when no one is telling them anything, sees everything.

I don't want a "holy" life of prayer and contemplation. I want a life of strife, lust, striving, seeking, struggling, and debauchery.

Everyone quietly took their seats and waited. It was not an uncomfortable silence. On the contrary, it was very relaxing and peaceful; you could sit engaged in your own contemplations without fear of being disturbed. I felt very welcome there.

Since I was a child, death is definitely something that I think about every day. But I think that everybody does. You try and avoid it, but it's such a big thing that you can't.

it) was like being under the sea, in aquamarine light. However bright or loud your surroundings, you were somehow always alone.

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