Quotes About Meditation

MEDITATION - Nothing Without Consciousness?

The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become a true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of the Self. Then you will no longer have to seek God. God himself will come to you. This is the Divine law.

To remain ever equanimous and cheerful is the greatest devotion to God.

Do not despair, O accused! Do not be worried about the impending punishment. When the judge is about to hand down your sentence, just immerse yourself, even if for a single moment, in the supreme Bliss, and the judge cant but forget the verdict. Then he will give a judgement that is appropriate to your present state with the Almighty Lord.

edge of town all graveyard and the sound of waves

No tira los bancos o (las sillas) estrepitosa o bruscamente, no toca ruidosamente las puertas; siempre se deleita en el silencio. La garza, el gato y el ladrón actúan queda y sigilosamente, y logran lo que desean. El asceta debe conducirse siempre de forma similar.

Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life.

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.

barangkali hidup adalah doa yang panjang, dan sunyi adalah minuman keras. ia merasa Tuhan sedang memandangnya dengan curiga; ia pun bergegas.

Kita berdua saja duduk, Aku memesan ilalang panjang dan bunga rumput, Kau entah memesan apa, Aku memesan batu ditengah sungai terjal yang deras, Kau entah memesan apa, Tapi kita berdua saja duduk,

It wasn't an unusual thing for her to keep her thoughts to herself. She had that Quaker habit. Quiet contemplation, she call[ed] it. I got to like it myself, listening to the world without making any noise to add to it.

Great Spirit who gave us the darkness in which to rest. In that darkness we send our words to you.' 

In life one must always learn to count to ten.

Every day, give yourself a good mental shampoo.

We know that solitude is almost a necessity for creativity and the development of a genuinely and richly autonomous sense of identity.

The space where I write is in my head, I suppose.

I spend a lot of time imagining things - in fact, you could say that imagining things is my job.

Life is but thought.

I have no riches but my thoughts, Yet these are wealth enough for me

I think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening.

I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time.

Meditation is a mental discipline that enables us to do one thing at a time.

A man becomes what he thinks about most of the time

We need time to defuse, to contemplate. Just as in sleep our brains relax and give us dreams, so at some time in the day we need to disconnect, reconnect, and look around us.