Quotes About Meditation

Your Turn Whenever you're in doubt or in need of guidance, say aloud: "Let me ask my guides," and then do exactly that. Next, let them answer by saying, "They say [fill in the blank]." Don't worry that you're making things up—just listen to the content and vibration of the words that emerge as you let your inner being speak freely. Practice this for 10 to 15 minutes a day.

The key is to look for ways to silence it without a fight. Start by noticing the times in which your ego naturally quiets down. When working in the garden, for instance. Or cooking dinner. Or on a drive. These are great times to tune in and receive guidance.

The key to success is not to expect anything other than giving yourself a little peace and quiet. If you think you must drift into nirvana to be "really" meditating (which is your ego talking), you'll just get frustrated and quit.

First was a clearing mantra called the Gayatri mantra, beautifully sung by a German woman named Deva Premal, which cleared away all negative energy both within and around us and called in peace and love in its place.

My favorite breathing technique is to inhale and then slowly open your jaw wide, and exhale while saying, out loud, "Ahhhh . . ." This practice immediately centers and calms me.

Each of us must attune our bodies to channel more light.

turned to look out the windscreen

Material possessions aren't important to me, I say breathlessly. All that matters to me is yoga.

I think talking to other people can bring its own unhelpful baggage. Sometimes you just need to talk to an entity. The void. Your God.

What if I do nothing for six minutes? What am I supposed to write down then?

The happiest life is to be without thought

Those swift to think are not always secure.

Strange, hearing you just now ... my mind wandered, my thoughts racing back and forth.

The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'.

Soren Kierkegaard

The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees but, now for 1800 years, the philosophers so much to think about.

I have walked myself into my best thoughts and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.

Prayer is listening.

With what can we feed the soul in the world of emptiness other than with prayer?

What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good experiences, and free of aversion to the negative ones.

See karma, make dharma

I easily sink into mere absorption of what other minds have done, and should like a whole life for that alone.

Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought to be interposed.

I pray daily, and I pray in all kinds of places. I mean, I pray in bed, I pray in the Oval Office. I pray a lot. And just different as the spirit moves me. And faith is an integral part of my life.