Quotes About Meditation

The music I play after dinner is not a relief from the silence but something like its substantiation: listening to music for an hour or two every evening doesn't deprive me of the silence — the music is the silence coming true.

Can anyone be utterly without thoughtfulness? The answer is yes.

silencio es la cerca que protege la sabiduría».

a paciencia de los neoyorquinos para las multitudes, las colas y las esperas, resulta muy impresionante si no estás acostumbrada a ella; son capaces de permanecer todos inactivos en lugares sin aire durante periodos extensos, con unas expresiones en los ojos que indican esa combinación neoyorquina única de meditación y depresión clínica, claramente infelices, pero sin quejarse para nada.

Asana, with its soothing, stretching and relaxing action, is the main physical exercise for balancing the doshas. It calms Vata, cools Pitta and releases Kapha.

Los científicos coinciden en que tan solo alcanzamos el diez por ciento de nuestro potencial humano. En cambio, cuando establecemos el centro de nuestras actividades en el silencio, nuestro potencial se vuelve ilimitado.

En el vedanta se entiende que el silencio es nuestra propia conciencia humana, la cual reside en el corazón e impregna la totalidad del universo.

Los Vedas nos dicen que esta desconexión de la mente y el corazón es la causa de todo el sufrimiento que vemos hoy en el mundo. Los científicos creen que el estrés provoca el ochenta por ciento de las enfermedades que padecemos, pero lo que hace que el estrés sea tan predominante es la falta de silencio. Tal como señala el Dr. Frawley, este es el motivo por el que resulta tan importante que incluyamos la práctica de la meditación en nuestra vida.

If concentrating on the Divine or the universal in the form of a rock aids in preparing the mind for meditation, such a rock is a great dharma, a noble truth.

We do not pray so that we can get God's attention. We pray so that God will get our attention.

I accept Augustine's maxim of solvitor ambulando - things are solved by walking.' Sometimes when I walk, I think of God, and sometimes I explicitly direct worded thoughts to God. But my walking prayer is in no way limited to these times when I specifically speak to God. The whole experience is prayer when I walk with openness before God.

The only thing we should seek in prayer is God. When we focus on how we are doing or what we are getting out of prayer, we have taken our eyes off God and put them back on our self.

Teresa of Avila says that the important thing in prayer is not to think much but to love much. The head is not a bad place to start our prayer journey. But if prayer stays there too long and does not begin to sink to the heart, it will inevitably become arid and frustrating.

I close my eyes and feel it running down my skin and for a while I can forget the noise in my head.

There is no activity so conducive to the health and happiness of a civilized man as angling with an artificial fly. As for the uncivilized, who would care to contemplate what writhing creatures their inchoate consciences allow them to skewer upon a hook?

The next time you feel forsaken and lift up your voice to pray to Almighty God, do this—go to a private place and spend significant time reflecting on the incredible truth that the One who hears your prayers has been there too.

We should not only refrain from thinking about gratifying our desires but also avoid focusing on not gratifying our desires. The way to deal with temptation is not to grit our teeth and make up our minds that we will not do a certain thing. The key is to fill our minds with other things.

REFLECTING ON THE MEANING

We switch to another language-- not our invented language or the language we've learned from our lives. As we walk further up the mountain, we speak the language of silence. This language gives us time to think and move. We can be here and elsewhere at the same time.

If you close your eyes, you can conjure a world.

You're quiet." "Not in my head. Never in my head.

I think that this might be the easiest way to live — just concentrate On the small things, and never let your mind wander on big things

The quiet times are the ones to hold on to.

The only elixir to pass my lips was solitude." "Be careful you don't drink too much of that. It needs to be balanced by a rich diet of fine company.