Quotes About Meditation

They say you don't need to develop jhanic states, just enough concentration to be with any object for as long as it exists, so you can see that it arises and passes away.

It is good to sit a little longer than you want to so you see the part of your mind that resists practice

Sometimes the breath is very fine, like silk or satin; it enters and exits freely. How wonderful just to be breathing! At other times it is coarse, more like burlap; it fights its way in and out. Sometimes the breath is so deep and smooth that it affects the whole body, relaxing us profoundly. Other times it's so short and pinched, hurried and agitated, that our minds and bodies are like that, restless and uncomfortable.

We're not looking at the breath in order to get to enlightenment.

You just give total attention to the movement of energy known as fear, total mindfulness, not separating yourself from it at all, also not identifying with it.

Especially in the modern world, where everybody is so impressed with variety and complexity, so desperate to be entertained, it is a relief to settle into this simple repetitive act.

You sit and are aware of the breathing, but not in a pinpoint way. Your attention is not at the nostrils or chest or abdomen but, in a much more open way, on the whole body, a panoramic view of the sitting breathing body.

They can't believe they're just supposed to sit there and watch the breath.

But seeing that the mind has wandered is practice.

We woke up every day at 3:00 A.M., and would sit around the clock—fifty minutes of sitting followed by ten minutes of brisk walking—until 11:00 P.M.

If a book doesn't make you want to throw it aside and think your own thoughts, what use is it?

can make paper cranes in my sleep

Calmness is a bed where flowers grow.

Gather lovely thoughts.

Meditation is a slow melt into Love.

Put your pen to your paper Press down on the ink Then take a short moment To ponder and think And listen real close to your heart's gentle call Then write every word that you hear, One and all.

The creative flow is ever-present. If you don't feel it, breathe walk meditate— smile at the universe, and it will smile back." Laura Jaworski

The dreaming, the making, the resting— all part of the creative process.

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I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.

Yo sin embargo pensaba en ti, que es lo que hago cuando no quiero pensar en nada.

Así, quieto y ausente, estoy bien. En el color blanco encuentro el reposo. Déjame dormir. Déjame flotar. Sólo quiero navegar en las aguas insípidas del olvido.

Por lo pronto no se me ocurre qué más comentarte, bueno, lo que ya sabes, que aquí tengo todo el tiempo del mundo para pensar en ti, que es lo que suelo hacer cuando no quiero pensar en nada

How do we best cultivate a quiet inner spirit? Do we attend to what feeds and expands our soul? What helps us focus on God? Where is our sacred space? Have we made a cell in our home, at the ocean, or in our favorite park? It is that place where we are away and alone.