Quotes About Meditation

Someone who is seriously interested in meditation should not expect any feedback or promises from the practice. Most

Many people have discovered that mindfulness offers them a down-to-earth yet immediate way to connect with themselves. It is simple acceptance, described here as making friends with yourself. It is, as well, a means to unlock creativity and compassion. Meditation is a powerful technique for developing mindfulness, which can help us discover a way of being that is authentic, relaxed, and gentle. Meditation

The outbreath is like a whetstone, and the mind is like the knife or sword that is being sharpened on that stone. When you sharpen a knife, you draw the blade of the knife across the sharpening stone. Following your outbreath is like drawing the blade of mind across the breath. Then

The purpose of the practice of meditation is to experience the gaps. We do nothing, essentially, and see what that brings—either discomfort or relief, whatever the case may be. The starting point for the practice of meditation is the mindfulness discipline of developing peace. The peace we experience in meditation is simply this state of doing nothing, which is experiencing the absence of speed.

When you are meditating, whether you are alone or sharing the space with others, you always hold your seat properly. Then you feel that you are doing the practice with dignity. When you sit down to meditate, you are making a connection with the earth, whether you sit in a chair or on a cushion. It's almost as if a message is coming from the earth, encouraging you to hold your seat properly.

In meditation practice, we neither hold the mind very tightly nor let it go completely. If we try to control the mind, then its energy will rebound back on us. If we let the mind go completely, then it will become very wild and chaotic. So we let the mind go, but at the same time there is some discipline involved.

The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things.

A good book is hard to read, on account of how often it makes you stop and think.

she'd wanted to do was shut herself away — and think.

Every question, once it's formulated," she writes, "contains its own internal truth. We have to stop diverting ourselves with false questions

Few ever found enlightenment in haste, and nobody will ever discover it in gibberish

When you speak in other tongues, no one understands what you're saying, because you're speaking to God. It's a direct communication between your spirit and God. You're speaking the language that only He understands.

I talk to myself, especially in the car.

When you need an idea about how to do anything, get quiet and relaxed and think about what it is you need to know. Then the flow of ideas will come. Be patient and let it happen. Sometimes it takes a little while, but it always works.

I have epiphanies all the time, because I'm always thinking. I'm a thinker. I'm always writing poetry, I'm always coming to conclusions.

Was man sich lange und oft genug denkt, verliert allen Schrecken. Gedanken nutzen sich ab wie Münzen, die von Hand zu Hand gehn, oder wie Vorstellungen, die man sich immer wieder vors innere Auge ruft.

There are some things best contemplated in silence. Their proportions are so vast that speech cannot get around them.

Holding our breath or breathing shallowly always stops us from feeling. And to heal anything, we have to feel it. So breathe mindfully whenever possible. I have the word breathe posted in strategic places throughout my home and office.

Bob Fritchie suggests that you stay connected with Divine Love by having an intention to reconnect every time you go to the bathroom. Just say, "I now connect with Divine Love," and pulse your breath.

Clarity is often found in stillness.

the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.

Compassion is a fundamental principle of meditation. Meditation is not a narcissistic, self-interested path. It provides the foundation for love, integrity, compassion, respect and sensitivity (Feldman, 1998, p.2).

The path to wisdom is to dress up and stay home.

All the best gods are made of stone and say nothing.