Quotes About Meditation

The best-trained part of us, though, is the mouth, it ?is always obediently and devoutly shut. And it's only too true: an open mouth is a yawning fact, the fact that its owner is dwelling with his few thoughts in some other place than the domain and pleasure-garden of attentiveness.

In the forest you pray involuntarily, and it's also the only place in the world where God is near; God seems to have created forests so we can pray in them as if in sacred temples; one person prays in one way, another in another, but everyone prays. When you lie beneath a fir tree reading a book, you are praying, if praying is the same as being lost in thought. Let God be where He will, in the forest you can sense Him, and you offer up your little bit of belief with silent rapture.

I think that one listens to the murmur of the soul only because of boredom.

In the forest you pray involuntarily.

Buddha believed that the less you judge things—including the contents of your mind—the more clearly you'll see them, and the less deluded you'll be.

RAIN. First you Recognize the feeling. Then you Accept the feeling (rather than try to drive it away). Then you Investigate the feeling and its relationship to your body. Finally, the N stands for Nonidentification, or, equivalently, Nonattachment. Which is a nice note to end on, since not being attached to things was the Buddha's all-purpose prescription for what ails us.

So if meditation did liberate you from obedience to these feelings, it would be, in a certain sense, dispelling an illusion—the illusion you implicitly subscribe to when you follow the feeling, the illusion that the rage, and for that matter the revenge it inspires, is fundamentally "good." It turns out the feeling isn't even good in the basic sense of self-interest.

Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.

If you are determined on the religious life, you have to toughen up your mind. You have to let it be a thouroughfare for all thoughts, and among them you must make choices.

A little quiet contemplation is a good way to begin the day.

I give you a small serenity.

Never forget the power of music. Spend a little time with it every day

mantra is a phrase that is designed to free the mind.

Learn to Be Silent

you want to live a more peaceful, meaningful life, you must think more peaceful, meaningful thoughts.

first strategy was known to the sages as the Ritual of Solitude.

Its purpose is self-renewal, and this is accomplished by spending time alone, immersed in the beautiful blanket of silence.

Ritual of Solitude works best when you practice it at the same time every day.

Ritual of Personal Reflection.

Take the time to think. Get into the regular habit of personal introspection.

Sixth Ritual for Radiant Living: the Ritual of Early Awakening.

Drink a cup of herbal tea, if you like. Listen to some soft classical music and prepare yourself to drift

A mantra is nothing more than a collection of words strung together to create a positive effect.

I've shared with you that long stretches spent in noiseless contemplation is one of the secrets of the advanced mind. Ultimately, you're the only person you'll be with your entire life. Why not strengthen your relationship with your greatest self, fully know your genius and start a lifetime love affair with your most noble nature?