Quotes About Meditation

Dancing is a spiritual exercise in a physical form.

In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.

When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.

The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path.

Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body.

Holy name alone is sufficient to take you back home back to godhead. However to cultivate the mood of surrender You need a Guru.

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.

I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.

When prayer fades out, power fades out. We are as spiritual as we are prayerful; no more, no less.

Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in the light of the contemplation of God.

Alone-in moments of prayer or meditation, or simply in stillness-we breathe more deeply, see more fully, hear more keenly. We notice more, and in the process, we return to what is sacred.

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.

If you went to live in the Himalayas and everyone was lovely there, I'm sure it would be fairly easy to be a spiritual master.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

A humble man who lives a spiritual life, when he reads the Holy Scriptures, while relate all things to himself and not to others.

Sticking with that uncertainty, getting the knack of relaxing in the midst of chaos, learning not to panic-this is the spiritual path.

it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things.

God is very merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for spiritual realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.

What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to make the mind empty and free.

Inward is not a direction. Inward is a dimension.

The secret to peace-of-mind is to not identify with anything other than your true self.

Who rises from prayer a better man, his prayer is answered.