Quotes About Meditation

I want to create an atmosphere that can be consciously plumbed with seeing, like the wordless thought that comes from looking in a fire.

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

Dive into your heart center. Sit in the silence. Desire self-realization with all your heart, with all your mind, and all your soul. Everything will take care of itself.

Should you desire the great tranquility prepare to sweat white beads.

Slowing down is the precursor to Yoga practice because this simple act allows us to consider our thoughts, feelings and actions more carefully in the light of our desire to live peacefully.

Having realized that you cannot influence the results, pay no attention to your desires and fears. Let them come and go. Don't give them the nourishment of interest and attention.

Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity.

In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

The Lord filled me with desire, and made me feel that I must be as much with Him alone as with souls in public.

Live contemplating the body through mindfulness. Live contemplating feelings. In this way you will be aware of and control wrong desires.

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Making every desire come true is not difficult once you realize that the same thing is always at work - you are transforming pure awareness from one state to another.

Perfect prayer does not consist in many words, but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.

If our mind is pure, our desires get manifested quickly.

Meditation develops the capacity to question your mind. Without it, you are at the mercy of every thought, every desire, every wave of emotion.

All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is one important way to avoid suffering and be happy.

Space and silence are synonymous. Joy, fulfillment brings the silence. Desire brings noise. Silence is the cure, because in silence you come back to the source, and that creates joy

When you meditate you can stand back from your desire. When you silence the mind and there is stillness, only then can you tell if a desire is dharma.

The day effort ceased, I also ceased. Because you cannot exist without effort, and you cannot exist without desire, and you cannot exist without striving.

It takes solitude under the stars, for us to be reminded of our eternal origin and our far destiny.

From a yogic perspective, stillness, coupled with expanded awareness, is by far the most powerful medium by which you can affect your destiny.

Today I must dive deep within And know what I come To this earth-stage for.

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.

True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart.