Quotes About Meditation

The philosophy that I've embraced isn't about sitting under a tree and studying my navel.

Felling a tree and gazing at the cut end - tonight's moon

I prayed to trees. This was easier than praying directly to God. There was nearly always a tree nearby.

The ground under the Bilva tree is very holy. Meditating here quickly brings about an awakening of the religious instinct. Shri Ramakrishna used to say so.

Spring rain conveyed under the trees in drops.

I was thinking, while I was running..." He paused. "About not hitting the trees, I hope.

Remember the emphasis on the heart. the mind lives in doubt and the heart lives in trust. When you trust, suddenly you become centered.

We need to go inward instead of outward, and learn to trust our own inner guide, preserving our identity and finding the answers from within.

As we practice meditation we are bringing forth ease, presence, compassion, wisdom & trust.

Silence is truth. Silence is bliss. Silence is peace. And hence Silence is the Self.

Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.

When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence.

Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.

To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.

The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within you. That's why theology and worship belong together.

If you want the truth, I'll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.

The force that is running inside you is the same force running the solar system... the moment you relax from the 'I' the 'other' will disappear... you become 'one' with the truth.

Though the names 'karma', 'yoga' and 'sannyasa' are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.

The truth of Zen is the truth of life, and life means to live, to move, to act, not merely to reflect.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

Yoga ia a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are.

Meditation simplifies us, simplifies us to the point where we can receive the fullness of truth and the fullness of love.

The mind has to be empty to see clearly.

The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.