Quotes About Meditation

In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword.

He was like a man thinking on an abstract subject all the time.

Clear sight results from a still mind

Enlightenment is removing all distractions

Even a genius, without spiritual awareness, is still just a great calculator

Health is the art of balance, balance is the art of relaxation, and relaxation is the art of meditation

Health is the art of balance. Good mental and physical health require balance. Balance of diet, exercise, sleep, and stress. Imbalance creates stress on the body and mind. Poor health and disease are states of imbalance. Relaxation restores balance. Relaxation is the ideal state for good health. Relaxation is the ideal state for healing. Meditation is the art of consciously relaxing body and mind.

Many people, doctors, and scientists agree. We are our thoughts. Consciousness is a just a sophisticated function of the brain. Question? In meditation, who is the witness? Who is sitting there in the stillness? Who is aware of the mind-body? Who is quietly watching the thoughts? Who is the observer? How can we be both the observer and the observed?

The secret to reality, is stillness of body and mind. Mental clarity is like a pond. Still the pond. Let everything settle. Vision then becomes crystal clear. When we still the body. When we still the mind. When we let all thoughts and emotions settle. When we remove all distractions. Only then, we clearly see reality as it is.

The secret to understanding reality is stillness of body and mind

There is no peace in a chaotic mind

One is always free and one is always alone. The mind is only dreaming.

If you practice, you will only become fatigued. When you are fatigued, you throw away everything. At that instant, you are free. To get rid of everything is freedom. Everything that you do suggests "Get rid of me." To get rid of desires is freedom, freedom from the function of the mind.

Go deeper, go deeper. Don't land anywhere.

Buddha's words are everywhere, in every sound of the universe.

The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking—it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

Susan was at a party with her husband, and she was feeling very jealous because he was showing a great deal of attention to another woman there. Susan's strong spiritual training, however, had taught her that feelings such as anger and. jealousy can and should be transmuted. She had learned how to do this by meditating, so she meditated until she felt detached from the situation. Soon, she was no longer feeling jealousy; she was feeling love.

The heart also needs to breathe, and the breath of the heart is none other than the remembrance of God.

if we want to change our world, we do not begin by rectifying the outward. Instead, we must change the condition of our inward.

?nsanlar aras?nda en yüksek dereceliler, hiçbir ?eyin kendilerini Allah'? anmaktan al?koyamad??? kimselerdir. "Onlar ayakta dururken, otururken, yanlar? üzerine yatarken Allah'? zikredenlerdir.

Kalp, huzurlu olmak için tasarlanm??t?r, ki bu hale ancak Allah'? zikrederek eri?ilir: "Bilesiniz ki kalpler ancak Allah'? anmakla huzura kavu?ur." (Rad suresi,28)

Peygamber efendimiz "Lezzetleri yok eden ölümü s?kça hat?rlay?n?z" buyurmu?tur. Ölüm tefekkürü, kalbi bo? i?lerden temizleyen manevi bir egzersizdir.