Quotes About Meditation

Loneliness - caged cricket dangling from the wall.

From five to six miles I walk every day In search of you, Cherry blossoms.

Suvvia, andiamo a contemplare la neve fino a cadervi dentro.

I don't know which tree it comes from, that fragrance.

Summer moon - Clapping hands I herald dawn

Every turn of the road brought me new thoughts and every sunrise gave me fresh emotions.

One after another In silent succession fall The flowers of yellow rose - The roar of tumbling water.

There we did begin, Cloisterd in the waterfall, Our summer discipline.

Forever, Emily Dickinson said, is composed of nows. But how do you inhabit the now you are in? How do you stop the ghosts of all the other nows from getting in? How, in short, do you live?

When it comes to our minds, awareness is very often the solution itself.

In a familiar place, your mind focuses solely on itself.

Add a comma to your day

in her delirium, she had thought of the word 'equidistant'. A word that belonged in the clinical safety of a classroom. Equidistant. Such a neutral, mathematical kind of word, and one that became a stuck thought, repeating itself like a manic meditation as she used the last of her strength to stay almost exactly where she was. Equidistant. Equidistant. Equidistant. Not aligned to one bank or the other. That was how she had felt most of her life.

From here the waves sound like breaths. Inhale. Exhale.

Kurt Vonnegut was right. "Reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found.

I would sit on the beach, as waves crashed and retreated over the sparkling sand like lost dreams

We can think about anything. And so it makes sense that we end up sometimes thinking about everything. We might have to, sometimes, be brave enough to switch the screens off in order to switch ourselves back on. To disconnect in order to reconnect.

Ik heb nooit een gezelliger kameraad gevonden dan de eenzaamheid. (Thoreau)

yoga   A form of exercise based around stretching limbs, breathing slowly, and feeling superior.

Pentru a avea sansa la fericire trainica, trebuie sa te calmezi. Trebuie doar sa fii in acel lucru si sa il faci pur si simplu.

Ten books that helped my mind 1.  Letters to a Young Poet – Rainer Maria Rilke 2. Poems – Emily Dickinson 3. Henry David Thoreau's journal 4.  When Things Fall Apart – Pema Chödrön 5.  The House at Pooh Corner – A.A. Milne 6.  Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott 7. Meditations – Marcus Aurelius 8. Tao Te Ching – Laozi 9. Serious Concerns – Wendy Cope 10. Dream Work – Mary Oliver

never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

When we take the external clutter away, we have to face the clutter inside ourselves.

He joined his hands together and made a steeple of his index fingers, which he placed under his chin, as if he was Confucius contemplating a deep philosophical truth about the universe rather than the boss of a musical equipment shop dealing with a late employee.