Quotes About Contemplation

The fruit of such meditations comes in the form of brief glimpses of the soul's flower-like beauty.

Often the aspirant is not ready to start these two exercises until after one or several glimpses of the Overself.

We enter into paradise when, in contemplation, we enter into awareness of the Overself.

If the world stands bewildered and confused in the face of its troubles, it is partly because we Westerners have made a God of activity; we have yet to learn how to be, as we have already learnt how to do.

If we search into the innermost part of our self, we come in the end to an utter void where nothing from the outside world can reflect itself, to a divine stillness where no image and no form can be active. This is the essence of our being. This is the true Spirit.

Be still, and know that I am God," sings the Biblical Psalmist. This simply means that the movement of thoughts and emotions is to be brought to an end by entering the deepest degree of contemplation. The same teaching is given in the Bhagavad Gita. "As the wick of an oil lamp placed in a wind-free spot is flickerless, so is the yogi of mastered mind who practises union with the God-Self.

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That would be an actual miracle," said Lizzie. "I never was sure what I thought about those.

To believe in and reach for the beyond was Lizzie's thing, and it suited her and was beautiful for her, an opinion of Autumn's which she didn't think Lizzie had ever quite believed she held. To ask the beyond some serious questions was Autumn's thing.

On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works, I will meditate. PSALM 145:5

We don't often take time to sit and meditate on what our lives would've been like if the mercy of the Redeemer had not been written into our personal stories.

Smellin' the beefaloes and leanpigs turnin' on their spits, holding a cold cheer-beer in my hand, watchin' the stars poppin' out one by one like random pixels on God's antique monochrome display, listenin' to the joyful chatter of my fellow gips, contemplatin' the easy job ahead of me, I was as near to heaven asI have ever been on this mostly sad ol' earth.

I never read. It prevents me from thinking.

To put it bluntly but also imploringly: we Christians need more silence in our services and liturgies. Just how this might be realized, just how we

If Mystery is the goal and content of all religious experience, then Silence is a necessary means of letting Mystery speak.

Christian prayer is generally too worshipful and therefore dualistic. And it is too wordy.

In sum, passing over to Buddhist spiritual practice has taught me, and can teach my church, that all our words, whether in Christian theology or Christian liturgy, must arise from and lead back to Silence. Only then do they have something to say.

So contemplation – regular practices of spirituality – is necessary both to have a product to deliver and to have the energy to deliver it.

Buddhism has some mystical methods that we Christians might take a good look at and make good use of in repairing or remodeling our own. For me Buddhism has been a rich, indeed an indispensable, aid in renewing and expanding the repertoire of my Christian practice.

The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

Para ver cierro los ojos

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Solitude is a wonderful thing in two ways. First, it allows a man to be with himself, and second, it prevents him being with others.

Mathematician need only peace of mind and occasionally, paper and pencil.