Quotes About Meditation

Practice silence and you will acquire silent knowledge. In this silent knowledge is a computing system that is far more precise and far more accurate and far more powerful than anything that is contained in the boundaries of rational thought.

the silent witness is that level where you know yourself, without regard for what others think they know.

You can also transcend the seeds of your karma by becoming independent of it. The way to do this is to keep experiencing the Self, your spirit, by going into silent meditation and coming out again. This is like washing a dirty piece of cloth in a stream of water. Each time you wash it, you take away a few stains, and it gets a little cleaner.

According to an ancient Upanishad, the human mind is like two birds sitting on a branch. One of the birds is eating the fruit of the tree while the other lovingly looks on.

Your entire universe is in your mind and nowhere else. To expand the universe, expand your mind.

Meditation allows us to reach the level of the soul by easing past the tangle of thoughts and emotions that usually keep our attention bound to the physical world. When we close our eyes to meditate, thoughts spring up spontaneously.

We can never fully understand the how, where, and when of anything, even something as simple as boiling water. We have to surrender to uncertainty, while appreciating its intricate beauty. All

Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your thoughts.

The best way to prepare for any moment in the future is to be fully conscious in the present.

With practice, you will find that not resisting holds the secret to many spiritual experiences, including the ability to love.

cuando la mente desea trascender, el cerebro está dispuesto a seguirla.

El fin de la cualidad multidimensional del cerebro es permitir que cualquier experiencia ocurra.

so. How to "Resist Not Evil" Meditation—Sit every day and find the silence inside yourself. In this silence, there is peace without anger. There is no evil, no attachment to revenge or righteous indignation. With practice, you learn to identify yourself with this place. It becomes natural to master anger, an energy like any other. When this happens, evil begins to release you from its hold. Contemplation—The mind plays a large

The simplest definition of spirituality is self-awareness. Inside yourself is the peace, love, and truth that are attributes of God. When you contact this place, you meet your true self.

Two journeys had to be made without companions: the journey to your death and the one to enlightenment.

Lie on your back and keep your eyes open. If they start to close, focus on keeping them open. This trick works because it is the opposite of "trying to fall asleep," which is impossible.

las investigaciones han demostrado que los cambios positivos en el estilo de vida, como una dieta sana, el ejercicio, el control del estrés y la meditación, afectan a unos cuatrocientos o quinientos genes... quizá más.

Children need to learn that silence is the home of spirit. All other voices speak out loud, but spirit communicates without making a sound.

The New Testament calls this "the peace that passes understanding," because it goes beyond thinking—no amount of mental churning will get you there.

bliss. Practicing

The voice of silence speaks clearly in those moments, and you can ask it to speak anytime you want. In time it will become the voice you trust more than anything else.

I" must surrender every claim of the ego, whether public or private, to seek a higher state of consciousness.

Of course he could still conjure up the old faces. But they didn't return on their own anymore. In order to see images of Channa or Suddhodana, he would ask to see them. "Learn to use your memories," he told the younger bikkhus. "Don't let them use you.

Know that you have a center. Know that you belong there. Know that the path to the center takes no effort.