Quotes About Meditation

You find in Krishna that non-attachment is the central idea.

Krishna preached in the midst of the battlefield.

so even though all the senses bring in sensations from nature, the ocean-like heart of the sage knows no disturbance, knows no fear

As such he cannot experience the nature of the soul. ...

When this Sushumna current opens, and begins to rise, we get beyond the senses, our minds become supersensuous, superconscious -- we get beyond even the intellect

and has found that the world, and the gods, and heaven are ... within his own Self.

All this bringing of the mind into a higher state of vibration is included in one word in Yoga — Samadhi.

He who in the midst of intense activity finds himself in the greatest calmness, and in the greatest peace finds intense activity, that is the greatest [Yogi as well as the wisest man]" (note 2).

Think of the lotus of the heart, with petals downwards, and running through it, the Sushumna; take in the breath, and while throwing the breath out imagine that the lotus is turned with the petals upwards, and inside that lotus is an effulgent light. Meditate on that.

Where it is dark night for the [sense-bound] world, the self controlled [man] is awake.

The human mind is like that monkey, incessantly active by its own nature; then it becomes drunk with the wine of desire, thus increasing its turbulence. After desire takes possession comes the sting of the scorpion of jealousy at the success of others, and last of all the demon of pride enters the mind, making it think itself of all importance. How hard to control such a mind! (I. 174)

Swami Vivekananda LECTURES ON THE BHAGAVAD GITA

The powers of the mind are like rays of light dissipated; when they are concentrated, they illumine.

Chanting is a simple practice. When you notice you are thinking about something else during the chant, let go of the thought and come back home, to the chant, to that place where we are expressing our inner purity.

I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.

Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.

Sometimes the hangover provides inspiration.

I'm somewhat in my own cloud.

I mean, I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.

It doesn't matter where I'm at - if I'm somewhere sitting still for more than an hour, rhymes start popping in my head... It's just kinda instilled in me.

Well, we have this place in Telluride, Colorado. It's somewhere I can just get away and relax and think.

You are in the back of your head somewhere and you want to close your eyes and go away.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.