Quotes About Mind

I drink in his wholeness, the soundness of his body and mind. It runs through me like the morphling they give me in the hospital, dulling the pain of the last weeks.

Las guerras se ganan con la cabeza, no con el corazón.

When my eyes fall on Peeta, whose head rests right by my feet, I see he's awake. I wish I could read what's going on in his mind, that I could go in and untangle the mess of lies. Then I settle for something I can accomplish.

Manusia memiliki ingatan yang pendek. [P. 18]

My mind floats like ash. I blame myself most cruelly.

If you don't respect your ideas, make note of them, and keep your mind open to them, they'll float right past you, like fish in the ocean...If you don't respect your ideas, nobody else will.

Mindfulness can be described as an awareness of yourself in the present, including an awareness of your body, your mind, your thoughts, and your feelings. When you are mindful, you recognize what you are thinking and feeling, but are not compelled to judge these thoughts or feelings as good or bad, right or wrong. The practice of mindful meditation is meant to help you reach this state of awareness.

The mind wants to understand things—it's a miracle. We make logic jumps every day—images we see are interpreted. We make natural assumptions to form an understanding

A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.

illusions are tricks on the brain!

When the breath wanders the mind also is unsteady. But when the breath is calmed the mind too will be still, and the yogi achieves long life. Therefore, one should learn to control the breath.

Nostalgia was diagnosed at a time when art and science had not yet entirely severed their umbilical ties and when the mind and body—internal and external well-being—were treated together. This was a diagnosis of a poetic science—and we should not smile condescendingly on the diligent Swiss doctors. Our progeny well might poeticize depression and see it as a metaphor for a global atmospheric condition, immune to treatment with Prozac.

Happiness, therefore, is measured by the tranquillity of one's mind.

The breath is a bridge between body and mind.

Ordinary sleep gives partial rest, while yoga nidra gives total rest to the body and the conscious mind. Dreaming may be therapeutic in many ways, but dreams that consume sleeping hours are never healthy. Waking, dreaming, and sleeping are the states of mind, and if mind is trained by the practice of yoga nidra, one can consciously go to deep sleep and wake up without being haunted by nightmares and fearful dreams. Here I am

Mind desired physical existence and so evolved a body in which to manifest itself.

One who has learned to control prana has learned to control all the energies of this universe—physical and mental. He has also learned to control his body and mind.

That which you call the devil is part of you. The myth of the devil and of evil is imposed on us by our ignorance. The human mind is a great wonder and magician. It can assume the form of both a devil and a divine being any time it wishes. It can be a great enemy or a great friend, creating either hell or heaven for us. There are many tendencies hidden in the unconscious mind which must be uncovered, faced, and transcended before one intends to tread the path of enlightenment.

A master's divine love is not that of human love but is something which only the heart, and never the mind, is capable of understanding. In a true spiritual tradition the teacher gives so much to his student that the student's life is over-whelmed and transformed.

There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.

If you have controlled your mind you are the conqueror of the whole world.

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

Sometimes, for a short time the mind finds itself in quiescence. In this state of mind there is neither raga nor dvesha; this silent mental state is called tushnim avastha. It occurs in the waking state, the jagrat avastha. The aspirant mistakes this neutral state of mind for samadhi. This is an obstacle on the path of God-realization, and should, therefore, be overcome by careful introspection and vigorous meditation.