Quotes About Meditation

The stormy life can be braved only by the heart's sunny meditations.

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world.

True meditation can never be done with the mind. Very often we make a mistake when we say that we are meditating in the mind and utilizing the mind. Real meditation is done in the psychic being and in the soul. It goes hand in hand with flaming aspiration, the burning flame that wants to climb up to the Highest.

Why do we meditate? We meditate precisely because this world of ours has disappointed us and because failure looms large in our day-to-day life. We want fulfillment. We want joy, peace, bliss and perfection within and without. Meditation is the answer, the only answer.

[T]he peace of mind that we get from meditation does not fade away. It lasts for good in some corner of the inmost recesses of our aspiring heart.

Know the state of your inner being; meet with the Guru and get rid of your skepticism.

Surrounded by nothingness you have to do nothing. You have to do nothing to be who you are. Nothing at all.

If you have contact with pure consciousness even for a moment, you are liberated.

I leave my human nature to unfold according to its destiny. I remain as I AM

Consciousness is spotless, formless and prior to intellect.

I am Atma, the Self, formless, without modifications and pure,

The problem is not yours—it is your mind's only. Begin by disassociating yourself from your mind. Resolutely remind yourself that you are not the mind and that its problems are not yours.

Dio illumina la mente e splende in essa. Non si può conoscere Dio per mezzo della mente, si può solo rivolgere la mente all'interno e fondersi con Dio.

Doing one's duty, however small, in an unattached manner gives rise to the awakening of self-awareness.

You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind.

Have "eternal wait," infinite patience. When you have infinite patience, you will realize God belongs to you. Either through awareness or through practice you reach the same spot.

Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not other, it is your own mind.

Creativity can only come from silence. If we maintain two minutes of silence every day, then we will see that a whole new dimension of life opens up.

The third one is culturing the mind. One who has never meditated has no right to even touch the book of Ashtavakra.

Sadhyojata means "creating every moment anew, knowing every moment new.' We are used to a certain dimension, so this may go beyond you.

There are four sources of energy — food, sleep, breath and a calm mind.

Dissolving the name is awareness. Dissolving the form is meditation. The world is name and form. Bliss transcends name and form. Bangalore Ashram, India September 24, 1997

Your head will be in the mud in a few years. Don't put mud in your head while you are still alive.

Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.